"Like no other text available today, Kösebalaban's Turkish Foreign Policy deftly explains the interplay between ideology, history, and identity in shaping the global conduct of this rising power. A most reliable guide to navigating the complex terrain of Turkey's emerging post-Kemalist foreign policy." - Peter Mandaville, George Mason University, author of Global Political Islam
"By bringing in ideology and identity, Kösebalaban introduces a refreshing perspective to understand the past and present of Turkish foreign policy and liberates it from the domination of geo-politics and realpolitik. Bridging the gap between the inside and the outside, this book provides a comprehensive picture of Turkey's foreign affairs in the context of globalization." - Ihsan Dagi, Middle East Technical University and Editor-in-Chief of Insight Turkey
"This book provides an in-depth analysis of the sources, attributes, achievements, and challenges of Turkish foreign policy from a much-needed perspective - one that situates foreign policy at the intersection of not just international but national struggles for democracy and identity. At a time when the direction and motives of Turkish foreign policy have gained new prominence, Kösebalaban s book is an extremely timely and important reminder of how little scholarly literature has focused on Turkey s domestic conflicts and debates on ideology, power, identity, religion, and militarism as the game-changers of foreign policy.This is a must-read book for scholars, researchers, students, political strategists, policy-makers, and anyone who has felt that domestic variables have largely been amiss, glossed over, or understudied in the academic treatment of foreign policy process of Turkey." - Umit Cizre, Istanbul Sehir University, Turkey, and editor of Secular and Islamic Politics in Turkey: The Making of the Justice and Development Party
