Change in State Sovereignty and Diplomacy: An Analysis on Paradiplomacy (Subnational Diplomacy) / Devlet Egemenliği ve Diplomaside Yaşanan Değişim: Paradiplomasi (Ulus-Altı Diplomasi) Üzerine Bir Analiz

Year 2023, , 423 - 437, 05.10.2023

Seven Erdoğan , Emrah Atar

https://doi.org/10.29216/ueip.1314715

Abstract

State sovereignty and diplomacy constitutes the two closely-related building blocks of the modern international political system. In the modern international political system, it is assumed that the states, which are the main actors mutually accepting each other’s sovereignty, establish official contacts through diplomacy carried out through their authorized representatives. In this study, the interaction between state sovereignty and diplomacy, which has been transformed by the effect of new trends that emerged in the post-Cold War period in international politics, is examined. Such interaction is analysed through paradiplomacy, which means the integration of subnational actors to diplomacy, and the qualitative data obtained from interviews with people involved in the practice of diplomacy. The study first focuses on the concept of state sovereignty and its historical transformation. Secondly, the transformation of diplomacy and especially paradiplomacy’s becoming an undeniable part of diplomacy in this transformation process are examined. Thirdly, the mutually produced results of the transformations in state sovereignty and diplomacy are presented in case of paradiplomacy. At the end of the study, an evaluation is made about the current and future view of the interaction of diplomacy and state sovereignty.

Keywords

State Sovereignty, Diplomacy, Paradiplomacy, Foreign Policy, International Relation

Project Number

SBA-2023-1460

Devlet Egemenliği ve Diplomaside Yaşanan Değişim: Paradiplomasi (Ulus-Altı Diplomasi) Üzerine Bir Analiz / Change in State Sovereignty and Diplomacy: An Analysis on Paradiplomacy (Subnational Diplomacy)

Abstract

Devlet egemenliği ve diplomasi, modern uluslararası siyasal sistemin birbiriyle yakından ilişkili iki önemli yapı taşı görünümündedir. Modern uluslararası siyasal sistemde, egemenliklerini karşılıklı olarak kabul eden temel aktör konumundaki devletlerin yetkili temsilcileri aracılığıyla yürütülen diplomasi yoluyla resmi temaslar kurdukları varsayımı hâkimdir. Bu çalışmada, uluslararası siyasette Soğuk Savaş sonrası dönemde beliren yeni eğilimlerin etkisiyle dönüşen, devlet egemenliği ve diplomasi arasındaki etkileşim ele alınmaktadır. Söz konusu etkileşim ulus-altı aktörlerin diplomasiye eklemlenmesi anlamına gelen paradiplomasi ve diplomasi pratiği içinde yer alan kişilerle yapılan saha çalışmasından elde edilen verilerden hareketle nitel yöntemle analiz edilmektedir. Çalışmada ilk olarak devlet egemenliği kavramı ve tarihsel dönüşümü üzerinde durulmaktadır. İkinci olarak diplomasinin dönüşümü ve özellikle bu dönüşüm sürecinde paradiplomasinin diplomasinin görmezden gelinemez bir parçası haline gelmesi süreci incelenmektedir. Çalışmada üçüncü olarak devlet egemenliği ve diplomaside yaşanan dönüşümlerin karşılıklı ürettikleri sonuçlar paradiplomasi örneğinden hareketle sunulmaktadır. Çalışma diplomasi ve devlet egemenlik etkileşiminin güncel ve gelecekteki görünümüne dair değerlendirmeler ile sona ermektedir.

Keywords

Devlet Egemenliği, Diplomasi, Paradiplomasi, Dış Politika, Uluslararası ilişkiler

Supporting Institution

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi

Project Number

SBA-2023-1460

Thanks

Bu makale Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi BAP Birimi tarafından desteklenen araştırma projesi kapsamında erişilen veriler üzerine inşa edilmiştir. SBA-2023-1460 No'lu projeye verdikleri destekten dolayı Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi BAP Birimine yazarlar olarak teşekkürlerimizi sunarız.

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