Changing Dynamics of Turkish Foreign and Security Policies in the Caucasus

01 Kasım 2011

REASSESSING SECURITY IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS: REGIONAL CONFLICTS AND TRANSFORMATION, Ed. by Annie Jafalian, Routledge, 2011

The end of the Cold War with the dissolution of the Soviet Union brought challenges and opportunities for regional and global powers at the beginning of the 1990s.While a power vacuum was created in the Caucasus with the disappearance of the USSR and the emergence of new independent states, Turkey felt the urgency of new openings in its foreign and defence policies, holding advantages from its geostrategic location bordering the region.

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