Investigating Turkey's Changing Narratives Regarding Interventions in Libya and Syria

Birsen Erdogan*

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Abstract

This article investigates the role of intersubjective and situated meanings and norm contestation for militarised humanitarian interventions from a critical perspective. The International Relations (ir) literature on humanitarian interventions, the Responsibility to Protect doctrine, and emergence of norms is explained and critically evaluated. The case analysed here is Turkey and its foreign policy discourse regarding interventions in Libya and Syria. Based on the case and literature review, the author concludes that critical approaches particularly provide useful tools to understand the role of identity, changing foreign policy narratives, and power constellations in world politics.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)389-430
Number of pages42
JournalEuropean Review of International Studies
Volume9
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2022

Keywords

  • Turkey
  • foreign policy analysis
  • identity
  • Responsibility to Protect
  • humanitarian
  • interventions
  • norm contestation
  • postcolonial approaches
  • poststructuralist
  • approaches
  • critical constructivism
  • Libya
  • Syria
  • Arab Spring
  • TURKISH FOREIGN
  • MIDDLE-EAST
  • AUTHORITARIAN NEOLIBERALISM
  • NEO-OTTOMANISM
  • NORTH-AFRICA
  • RESPONSIBILITY
  • PROTECT
  • CONTESTATION
  • DYNAMICS
  • POLITICS

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