...Göktürk Tüysüzoğlu The change in Turkish foreign policy in the twenty-first century’s second decade has its origin in the approach referred to by Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu as Strategic Depth. Because it aims to give Turkey status as a Eurasian power, this approach has been described...

... of “Eurasia” and that there is similarity between Moscow's and Ankara's strategic outlooks: Russian neo-Eurasianism and Turkey's Kemalist Eurasianism. Yet the outlook that defines Ankara's understanding of Turkish national interest is not so much a permutation of Eurasianist ideas as it is a homegrown...

...Magnus Nordenman While Europe is normally viewed through the prism of the great Eurasian landmass, the continent is absolutely dependent on the global maritime domain for commerce, resources, energy extraction, and security. Today Europe faces a number of maritime challenges, ranging from...

...Vassilis K. Fouskas; Bülent Gökay Vassilis K. Fouskas is professor of international relations at the University of Piraeus and the editor of the Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans . Bülent Gökay is professor of international relations at Keele University and the editor of Eurasian...

... Vladimir Putin admitted that Russia had planned for it and incorpo- rated separatists into its planning since 2006 — all underscore the fact that the transatlantic community cannot take European or Eurasian security for granted.6 Furthermore, Russia’s return gives Balkan political forces who oppose...

... aggravate many threats to Eurasian security.2 All too often, attention to local security challenges around the Black Sea, as in the Mediterranean, has been an afterthought, not a real policy.3 Several observers have noted this neglect and inattention. In 1999 Yannis Valinakis wrote, until...

... Eurasian republics has dropped from a matter of vital interest to a preference. If Ukraine, Georgia, or any other of those countries could be brought into the Western orbit cheaply and without too much trouble, fine — but once a substantial price tag is attached, one that could then take...

... to expand its sphere of influence, Göktürk Tüysüzoglu˘’s essay, “Strategic Depth: A Neo-­ Ottomanist Interpretation of Turkish Eurasianism,” examines the recent trend in Turkey’s foreign policy under Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. Much like the plays being made by China and Russia mentioned above...

... master's degree in Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies from Georgetown University and is currently an analyst at International Technology and Trade Associates. Reviews  133 ment experience, and he was not a dominant leader. Instead he...

... maritime commerce Eurasian trade © 2018 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2018 ...

... security affairs at the Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College. Mediterranean Quarterly 19:3  DOI 10.1215/10474552-2008-012 Copyright 2008 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 24  Mediterranean Quarterly: Summer 2008 ski calls the Eurasian Balkans — in this equation...

..., was before the recent multibillion dollar deals were signed.5 For the moment, though, President Vladimir Putin is having only relatively limited success in his longer term strategy of persuading Central Asian coun- tries to join his proposed Eurasian Union. This broad-­based counterweight...

...Emilian Kavalski Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2006 Emilian Kavalski is the Izaak Walton Killam Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Political Science, University of Alberta. His research focuses on the Europeanization and Atlanticization of southeastern Europe and the global/Eurasian...

.... Finally, Igor Torbakov’s essay, “Neo-­Ottomanism versus Neo-­Eurasianism? Nationalism and Symbolic Geography in Postimperial Turkey and Russia,” picks up the theme of conflict between these two long-­time geostrategic com- petitors. Torbakov carefully and convincingly builds the case that Russia...

... at connecting Europe with Asia. Whether a bridge or a buffer zone, the Black Sea has remained during its history a sensitive spot on the larger Eurasian map, an area in which the Great Powers employed their geostrategic con- cepts about the control of the seas. Unlike the Mediterranean area, where...

... is the historical and continuing importance of Eurasia evidenced by Zbigniew Brzezin- ski’s argument that America’s “primacy will whither away” unless Washington possesses “the power strategy to streamline the development of key Eurasian actors according to her [America’s] national interests.” The key...

... that America’s “primacy will whither away” unless Washington possesses “the power strategy to streamline the development of key Eurasian actors according to her [America’s] national interests.” The key component in the strategy of world domina- tion is access to secure sources of energy in the form of oil...

... evidenced by Zbigniew Brzezin- ski’s argument that America’s “primacy will whither away” unless Washington possesses “the power strategy to streamline the development of key Eurasian actors according to her [America’s] national interests.” The key component in the strategy of world domina- tion...

... military operation in Georgia — a fact that did not go unnoticed by the international community and was condemned by US officials. To quote US deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs Matthew Bryza: “This is not the time for business as usual with Russia.”16 Another...

... at the eastern end of the Eurasian landmass, and geo- graphically and traditionally it has been viewed as a continental power. The central leadership has recognized their responsibilities to gain a mari- time power position for China in the coming decades. The key is to strike a strategic balance...