Turkey's popularity in the MENA region has increased since the AKP's rise to power in 2002. People-to-people contacts …, economic progress, and a perceived European lifestyle have contributed to Turkey's popularity in the MENA region. Turkey … standards of Western states and its calls for reform of the international system are welcomed. Turkey's increased popularity …

broadened to accord greater priority to areas including defence, security, political relations and people-to-people contact …

's Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) has increasingly come into focus since the beginning of the Russian war of … aggression in Ukraine. The EU should take a differentiated view of the WB6's political and security cooperation with external … actors such as Russia, China and Turkey. Within the WB6, the two "outliers" of Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina's Republika …

security anchorage in NATO. As well as securing its leadership role in the Black Sea region, Ankara is also keen to assert its …Turkey's policy in the Black Sea region is the result of not only a complex relationship with Russia but also of a … and Russian vision of a regional order that excludes external actors. This can be seen in the way Turkey interpreted the …

Organization (MçIT), and the defence industry. These shifts in the security environment as such have been shaped by the dynamics of … regime change in Turkey and post-Cold War security imperatives. …Speaking at the inauguration ceremony in June after being sworn in for the third time as the president of Turkey, Recep …

region. The consequences for the EU would be enormous. Turkey needs economic and security cooperation with Europe to secure … instability and could weaken the country's security - in particular in light of Russia's ambitions to expand its influence in the …

challenges and threats to the Western liberal order and security architecture. This DIIS Report takes a closer look at one of … these strongmen, Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The picture it paints, however, is not one of confidence and strength …. Rather, the statements and actions of Erdogan and Turkey increasingly seem to be born of the frustration that increasing …

2017. The shift in Greece-Turkey relations holds regional potential, which could lead to progress in Cyprus. Nonetheless … on Cyprus. Her role is to determine the 'common ground' from which peace talks can be resumed after standing still since …

expenses between 2010 and mid-2015. That is, Germany benefited from the Greek crisis even in case that Greece defaults on all …