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THE RIPARIAN LOGIC OF THE MONTREUX CONVENTION IN TURKEY’S BLACK SEA POLICY
Turkey’s policies often appear at odds with its position in NATO and the broad direction of its allies. These polices become less mysterious when it is understood that Turkey’s strategic imperatives are driven by its unique position as gatekeeper to the Black Sea and the dynamics introduced by the tiered rights granted by the Montreaux Convention.
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The Riparian Logic of the Montreux Convention in Turkey's Black Sea Policy
Turkey's policies often appear at odds with its position in NATO and the broad direction of its allies. These polices become less mysterious when it is understood that Turkey's strategic imperatives are driven by its unique position as gatekeeper to the Black Sea and the dynamics introduced by the tiered rights granted by the Montreaux Convention.
Journal Article
Coordination and control in Russia's foreign policy: travails of Putin's curators in the near abroad
This article seeks to challenge the conception of the Russian state as being centred on Vladimir Putin by looking at the actors implementing Russia's foreign policy in its near abroad. In particular, it explores the activities of curators (kuratory), a term applied in Russia to describe officials tasked with making things work often bypassing, and sometimes competing with, formal institutions. Following the state transformation framework, the argument put forward in the article is that curation (kuratorstvo), as a practice of coordination and control in Russia's system of governance, can be seen as a manifestation of fragmentation and internationalisation of Russia's foreign policy making. The empirical basis for this article is a case study of Russia's policy towards Abkhazia, which Russia officially recognised as a sovereign state in 2008. This article addresses the involvement of curators in their attempts to exert political influence as an expression of fragmentation as well as emerging institutionalised curation in development assistance as a part of internationalisation.
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'Symptoms' of Democracy in Transdniestria
This article examines the relationship between the dynamics of state-building and the function of the international community in the case of Transdniestria, the eastern region of Moldova. It looks in particular at the practices that local authorities use in promoting Moldovan statehood in the international arena. The Transdniestrian state-building project has been characterised by virtual means such as the Internet and by simulation that aim to produce the 'symptoms' of democracy in order to legitimise the claim to statehood. It is argued that these symptoms cannot be understood without reference to the international community, which in the case of Transdniestria serves as a normative framework for the process of state-building and leads to simulations of democracy in the de facto state.
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Transdniestria and Northern Cyprus
This chapter examines the cases of Northern Cyprus and Transdniestria to explore how the sovereignty trap impacts their attempts to acquire some kind of formal status on the international arena. The chapter first explores the question of how the authorities of Northern Cyprus and Transdniestria frame their foreign policy priorities. The chapter then outlines their attempts at integration within regional organisations as well as at cultivation of bilateral relations through the establishment of missions abroad and by other means at hand. While still constrained by the territorial ideal of an inter-state system, the chapter observes the importance of regional connections, historical and personal ties and performative aspects that matter for the ways in which unrecognised diplomacy is practised. The chapter concludes with a short discussion of areas for further research.
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Turkey's stakes in the Russia-NATO rivalry: The Ukraine crisis and beyond
The Ukraine crisis poses two particularly uneasy questions for Turkey: How to uphold a power balance in the Black Sea? And how to manage its relations between Russia, Ukraine and the West? So far, Ankara's policy towards Moscow consists of both deterrence and dialogue. In regards deterrence, Turkey is closer to the non-EU members of NATO such as the US and the UK. Meanwhile, Turkey's policy of dialogue is similar to that of EU members, most notably Germany. However, while there is a certain degree of similarity between the stances of Turkey and some Western countries in the current crisis, their convergence of interests has not yet resulted in any meaningful cooperation. In the short term, the parallel track of deterrence and dialogue still gives Turkey some leeway to continue its multi-vector manoeuvring. The Ukrainian imbroglio is, however, a manifestation of a crisis concerning the current European security order, or more precisely the lack thereof, thus making it necessary to define the role of not only Russia but also Turkey in any European design for a new security architecture.
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