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TURKEY'S PROSPECTS OF BRINGING PEACE TO REGION 'RESTRICTED'
News.Az
Mon 09 April 2012 04:58 GMT | 5:58 Local Time
News.Az interviews Emre Isheri (İseri), an assistant professor of
international relations at Istanbul's Kadir Has University.
How would you assess Azerbaijani-Turkish energy cooperation?
Resources from Azerbaijan play a profound role in ensuring Turkey's
energy security in terms of energy diversification. Besides, those
resources bolster Turkey's prospects of meeting its pledge to become
the fourth energy artery of Europe. From Baku's perspective, Turkey
is not only a reliable market, but also a route to European energy
markets bypassing Russia.
Do you believe in the Trans-Caspian pipeline project?
At a time of on-going financial crisis and with a lack of political
will, it seems likely the relatively low-profile Trans-Caspian is a
much more feasible project than Nabucco.
How might tensions over Iran and a possible war reflect on the South
Caucasus and Turkish policy in the region?
As I noted above, Azeri resources bolster Turkey's energy security
by providing additional avenues to feed its growing thirst away from
Russia and Iran.
Along with that, it is known that Azeri prices are much cheaper
than alternatives. In the event of war prices will probably rise,
and Baku will be at the top of Ankara's list of who to call to ask
for additional supplies.
How successful has Turkey's policy of "zero problems with neighbours"
been so far? What do you think about the prospects for the
Turkish-Armenian reconciliation process?
When you talk with commentators close to the ruling AK Party, they
will tell you that zero-problems with neighbours is an ideal and it
is likely that there will be problems on the way to reaching this
ultimate goal. With several tactical revisions of the policy, Ankara
will achieve this objective.
In my opinion, however, Turkey's regional power capabilities and
domestic constraints restrict Turkey's prospects of transforming its
conflict-ridden immediate neighbourhood into a peaceful environment.
Against this backdrop, Turkey's initiative to normalize its relations
with Armenia has failed.
Dr Isheri's areas of research include Euro-Asian politics, energy
security and Turkish foreign policy.
News.Az
Mon 09 April 2012 04:58 GMT | 5:58 Local Time
News.Az interviews Emre Isheri (İseri), an assistant professor of
international relations at Istanbul's Kadir Has University.
How would you assess Azerbaijani-Turkish energy cooperation?
Resources from Azerbaijan play a profound role in ensuring Turkey's
energy security in terms of energy diversification. Besides, those
resources bolster Turkey's prospects of meeting its pledge to become
the fourth energy artery of Europe. From Baku's perspective, Turkey
is not only a reliable market, but also a route to European energy
markets bypassing Russia.
Do you believe in the Trans-Caspian pipeline project?
At a time of on-going financial crisis and with a lack of political
will, it seems likely the relatively low-profile Trans-Caspian is a
much more feasible project than Nabucco.
How might tensions over Iran and a possible war reflect on the South
Caucasus and Turkish policy in the region?
As I noted above, Azeri resources bolster Turkey's energy security
by providing additional avenues to feed its growing thirst away from
Russia and Iran.
Along with that, it is known that Azeri prices are much cheaper
than alternatives. In the event of war prices will probably rise,
and Baku will be at the top of Ankara's list of who to call to ask
for additional supplies.
How successful has Turkey's policy of "zero problems with neighbours"
been so far? What do you think about the prospects for the
Turkish-Armenian reconciliation process?
When you talk with commentators close to the ruling AK Party, they
will tell you that zero-problems with neighbours is an ideal and it
is likely that there will be problems on the way to reaching this
ultimate goal. With several tactical revisions of the policy, Ankara
will achieve this objective.
In my opinion, however, Turkey's regional power capabilities and
domestic constraints restrict Turkey's prospects of transforming its
conflict-ridden immediate neighbourhood into a peaceful environment.
Against this backdrop, Turkey's initiative to normalize its relations
with Armenia has failed.
Dr Isheri's areas of research include Euro-Asian politics, energy
security and Turkish foreign policy.