TY - BOOK ID - 66227768 TI - Turkey, the EU and the Middle East : Foreign Policy Cooperation and the Arab Uprisings PY - 2020 SN - 9780367236137 PB - Abingdon, UK : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - EU--TURKEY KW - ARAB SPRING, 2010 KW - -TURKEY--FOREIGN RELATIONS--MIDDLE EAST KW - MIDDLE EAST--FOREIGN RELATIONS--TURKEY UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:66227768 AB - This book focuses on the dynamics of Turkey's relationship with Europe in the context of the 'Arab Spring' and analyses Turkish behaviour vis-a-vis foreign policy cooperation with the EU. The author explains the complexity of Turkey-EU relations by looking beyond membership negotiations and examines informal foreign policy dialogue between Turkish and EU officials. The book discusses the reactions of the Turkish government to the uprisings in Libya, Syria, and Egypt and cooperative opportunities between Turkey and the EU. The analysis finds that although cooperation varies across cases, foreign policy dialogue has become a main driver of the Turkey-EU relationship. A counter-intuitive finding of the research is that the EU has often been the actor seeking Turkey's cooperation, rather than the other way round, clearly challenging the original power asymmetry between Turkey and the EU. ER -