Russian and Turkish Foreign Policy Activism in the Syrian Theater
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Russia and Turkey have been involved in remarkable redefinitions of their foreign policies while navigating through
turbulent times in the Post-Cold War era. This has manifested in a search of being recognized as a great power. The
tragic civil war in Syria has been the theatre of these ambitions of these two states in highly controversial ways. They
have been on the opposite sides until recently on the essential question of the regime change in that country. The risk of
a direct fight has even been observed when Turkish air force got a Russian jet down. However, a rapid rapprochement
started due to Turkish priority shift from the regime change to the prevention of Kurdish autonomy and the alienation
from US; and Russian enthusiasm to get the cooperation of an ardent anti-regime NATO member like Turkey. It
can be said that Russia and Turkey have been more process-oriented than result-oriented because they have been
compelled to see the limits of their power and influence. As a result, they seem to prefer to focus on the process since
they seem to reach their primary objective of showing their salience. All in all, one can only hope for a peaceful and
democratic life for Syrians whom tremendously suffered also as a result of an imbroglio of all these global and regional
powers’ policies.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Russian Foreign Policy,Turkish Foreign Policy,Syria,Activism
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