Israel’s Challenge of Stability in the Context of BRI’s East Mediterranean Policies

Year 2020, Issue: 7, 75 - 89, 21.06.2021

Selim Han Yeniacun

Abstract

Middle Eastern countries are predisposed to forging new partnerships to survive the slippery slope for balance of power in the region. In terms of this international balance of power and cross-regional cooperation between any Middle Eastern country and another non-regional partner, China-Israeli relations provide a good example of this unusual type of new governance and partnership. This article aims to describe the relationship between one Middle Eastern and one Far Eastern country while considering recent developments in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Although many scholars argue that China's grand foreign affairs strategy, known as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), is at the focal point of the two nations’ new understanding of convergence, the sustainability of the relations is worth of inquiry from an academic perspective.

Keywords

BRI, Israel, China, East Mediterranean, US

Israel’s Challenge of Stability in the Context of BRI’s East Mediterranean Policies

Abstract

BRI'nin Doğu Akdeniz Politikaları Bağlamında İsrail’in İstikrar Sınaması

Öz: Günümüzde Ortadoğu ülkeleri bölgedeki güç dengesinin kaygan zemininde ayakta kalabilmek için yeni ortaklıklara yatkındır. Uluslararası güç dengesinin değişimi ve herhangi bir Ortadoğu ülkesi ile bölge dışı bir aktörünün bölgeler arası iş birliğinden bahsederken Çin-İsrail ilişkileri yeni küresel yönetişime ve alışılmadık bir ortaklığa uygun bir örnek olacaktır. Bu makale bir Ortadoğu ülkesi ile bir Uzak Doğu ülkesi arasındaki ilişkileri Doğu Akdeniz’deki son gelişmeler ışığında tasvir etmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bu bağlamda pek çok akademisyen, Çin'in Kuşak ve Yol Girişimi (BRI, Tek Kuşak ve Tek Yol Girişimi) adlı büyük dış ilişkiler stratejisinin, iki ülkenin yeni yakınlaşma anlayışının odak noktasında olduğunu iddia etseler de ilişkilerin sürdürülebilirliği ve istikrar problemi akademik bir bakış açısıyla araştırmaya değerdir.

Keywords

BRI, İsrail, Çin, Doğu Akdeniz, ABD

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