TY  - JOUR
TT  - Regional Transformation and Gulf Security
AU  - Erboğa, Abdullah
PY  - 2016
DA  - October
Y2  - 2016
JF  - Türkiye Ortadoğu Çalışmaları Dergisi
JO  - TJMES
PB  - Sakarya University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2147-7523
SP  - 9
EP  - 38
VL  - 3
IS  - 1
KW  - Körfez Ülkeleri
KW  - ABD
KW  - Körfez Güvenliği
KW  - Savunmacı Aktivizm
KW  - Refleksif Güç Kullanım
N2  - As a result of recent developments in the MiddleEast, Gulf countries have been perceiving serious threats to their nationalsecurity. These security worries (uprisings, the Iranian nuclear deal, and proxywar in the region) are causing Gulf countries to search for new securitypolicies. Within this frame, a leaning towards a uni-dimensional securitypolicy dependent on the USA has been observed. It is possible to name this newpolicy as “defensive activism”. As a result of defensive activism, Gulf countriesfirst expelled the actors regarded as being the sources of problems during theArab Spring, targeting particularly the Muslim Brotherhood. Secondly, itprioritized the increase of armament in the aftermath of the Iranian nucleardeal in the new regional and global context. Thirdly, Gulf countries have begunlooking for both variety in their armament as well as new partner centeredaround security due to the tensions they have experienced with the US in thepast year. The responses that Gulf countries have been tryingto create against their most sensitive issue of the Iranian threat has causedthe reflexive use of force to come to the forefront on one hand and theappearance of huge costs due to the lack of strategic planning, as seen in theYemen example, on the other. Thus, in the period after the Arab Spring when theregional order has been re-shaped, it is of great importance to consider theGulf security construction by paying close attention to the threat perceptionsof the region’s countries and the possible reactions these perceptions willcause.
CR  - Talha Köse, “İran Nükleer Mutabakatının Muhtemel Bölgesel Sonuçları”, SETA Perspektif, Sayı: 110 (Temmuz 2015).
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/tocd/article/180932
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/160431
ER  -