Opinion Article

On Turkey’s Missile Defense Strategy: The Four Faces of the S-400 Deal between Turkey and Russia

Volume: 24 Number: 2 December 27, 2019
  • Mustafa Kibaroğlu
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On Turkey’s Missile Defense Strategy: The Four Faces of the S-400 Deal between Turkey and Russia

Abstract

The S-400 deal signed between Turkey and Russia has sparked an intense debate in the international arena, where harsh criticisms have been leveled against Turkey. This paper explains the reasons behind Turkey’s desire to build an elaborate air defense structure, and discuss how and why its successive attempts to reach this objective in collaboration with the allied countries have failed. It highlights the major arguments behind the severe criticisms in the West concerning Turkey’s negotiations, first with a Chinese firm, and then with a Russian firm, and how this entire process has become a serious bone of contention between Turkey and the U.S., carrying a risk of a spill over into NATO. It also discusses why and how the severe sanctions threatened to be imposed on Turkish defense industries by the Trump administration will indeed damage the security and the defensive capability not only of Turkey, but also the U.S.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Political Science

Journal Section

Opinion Article

Authors

Mustafa Kibaroğlu This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

December 27, 2019

Submission Date

March 9, 2019

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 24 Number: 2

APA
Kibaroğlu, M. (2019). On Turkey’s Missile Defense Strategy: The Four Faces of the S-400 Deal between Turkey and Russia. PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs, 24(2), 159-174. https://izlik.org/JA54WF29BK
AMA
1.Kibaroğlu M. On Turkey’s Missile Defense Strategy: The Four Faces of the S-400 Deal between Turkey and Russia. PERCEPTIONS. 2019;24(2):159-174. https://izlik.org/JA54WF29BK
Chicago
Kibaroğlu, Mustafa. 2019. “On Turkey’s Missile Defense Strategy: The Four Faces of the S-400 Deal Between Turkey and Russia”. PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs 24 (2): 159-74. https://izlik.org/JA54WF29BK.
EndNote
Kibaroğlu M (December 1, 2019) On Turkey’s Missile Defense Strategy: The Four Faces of the S-400 Deal between Turkey and Russia. PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs 24 2 159–174.
IEEE
[1]M. Kibaroğlu, “On Turkey’s Missile Defense Strategy: The Four Faces of the S-400 Deal between Turkey and Russia”, PERCEPTIONS, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 159–174, Dec. 2019, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA54WF29BK
ISNAD
Kibaroğlu, Mustafa. “On Turkey’s Missile Defense Strategy: The Four Faces of the S-400 Deal Between Turkey and Russia”. PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs 24/2 (December 1, 2019): 159-174. https://izlik.org/JA54WF29BK.
JAMA
1.Kibaroğlu M. On Turkey’s Missile Defense Strategy: The Four Faces of the S-400 Deal between Turkey and Russia. PERCEPTIONS. 2019;24:159–174.
MLA
Kibaroğlu, Mustafa. “On Turkey’s Missile Defense Strategy: The Four Faces of the S-400 Deal Between Turkey and Russia”. PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs, vol. 24, no. 2, Dec. 2019, pp. 159-74, https://izlik.org/JA54WF29BK.
Vancouver
1.Mustafa Kibaroğlu. On Turkey’s Missile Defense Strategy: The Four Faces of the S-400 Deal between Turkey and Russia. PERCEPTIONS [Internet]. 2019 Dec. 1;24(2):159-74. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA54WF29BK