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Changes in Turkish-Israeli Relations. Implications for Regional Security Environment
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SYSNO ASEP 0440509 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve SCOPUS Title Changes in Turkish-Israeli Relations. Implications for Regional Security Environment Author(s) Özel-Volfová, Gabriela (OU-W) RID, SAI, ORCID Number of authors 1 Source Title Central European Journal of International and Security Studies (CEJISS) - ISSN 1802-548X
Roč. 8, č. 1 (2014), s. 106-126Number of pages 21 s. Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country CZ - Czech Republic Keywords Turkey ; Israel Subject RIV AD - Politology ; Political Sciences OECD category Political science Institutional support OU-W - RVO:68378009 EID SCOPUS 84903843087 Annotation This work looks at how changes to global, regional and national political landscapes played a role in shaping Turkish-Israeli relations and how this, in turn, affected regional security and development in the Middle East. Specifically, I illustrate how Turkish political actors from the Islamic Justice and Development Party (AKP) have responded to structural changes taking place in the Middle East, a region that has witnessed a decrease in US hegemony and a major political reshuffle caused by the Arab revolutions. While Turkey safeguarded Western and NATO interests in the Middle East until recently and maintained a close alliance with Israel, it changed its attitude towards the latter after a series of ill-fated events such as the Israeli attack on the Mavi Marmara flotilla carrying humanitarian assistance to Gaza which resulted in the loss of life. Recent rapprochement between Turkey and Israel is explained by both actors’ re-discovering common security interests in their neighborhood, namely peace in Syria and energy interdependence. Workplace Oriental Institute Contact Zuzana Kvapilová, kvapilova@orient.cas.cz, Tel.: 266 053 950 Year of Publishing 2015 Electronic address http://static.cejiss.org/data/uploaded/1403850648435323/cejiss_8_01_ejournal.pdf
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