Changing world order : the Republic of Turkey's rise as a middle power

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Changes in world order have caused major shifts in the global positioning of states at theinternational level. The end of the Cold War ushered in a new power structure that shiftedfrom a bipolar arrangement to a multipolar disposition. The emergence of this new worldorder allowed for emerging and developing states, such as Turkey, the opportunity to fill gapsleft by the power vacuum created by the new multipolar power arrangement. This led theTurkish state on its path to become a middle power within the new world order.To assess the impact of changing world orders in the promotion of Turkey as a middle powerin the new order, this study uses Coxian Critical Theory and the social relations of forcesframework to account for Turkey's middle power ascent. The framework developed byRobert Cox consists of three aspects, namely world orders, forms of state and the socialrelations of production. The change in world order both in the post-Cold War and post-2001era has caused fundamental shifts within the Turkish state, both in terms of forms of state andin the social relations of production.Changes in the forms of state of the Turkish Republic following the end of the Cold Warallowed for the creation of more robust civil society organizations, and a state that wastransformed by the spread of international norms that originated at the world order level.International norms at the world order level not only affected the forms of state, but also thesocial relations of production and the political economy of Turkey. As a result changes in theforms of state and social relations of production informed by changes at the world orderlevel, influenced the creation and execution of a proactive autonomous and internationallygeared Turkish foreign policy, which is indicative of a middle power.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University