Turkey is positioned to become the twenty-first century’s first
Muslim power. Based on a dynamic economy and energetic foreign
policy, Turkey’s growing engagement with other countries has made
it a key player in the newly emerging multidirectional world order.
Turkey’s trade patterns and societal interaction with other
nations have broadened and deepened dramatically in the past
decade, transforming Turkey from a Cold War outpost into a
significant player internationally. Turkey’s ascendance and the
changes that have taken place under the leadership of Turkey’s
Muslim conservative government have prompted its policymakers to
craft a new vision of their role in twenty-first-century society.
This developing worldview animates Turkey’s desire to sometimes
take the lead with its co-religionists and occasionally challenge
its partners in the West, while showing no inclination to become an
irresponsible rising power. If it can consolidate liberal democracy
at home, Turkey could also assume the role of serving as an example
for the newly emerging governments brought about by the Arab
Spring. The cornerstone of Turkey’s rise has been the
government’s ability to foster stable political conditions for
economic growth, alongside a foreign policy that balances
Turkey’s Muslim identity with its Western overlay, including its
strong ties to the United States. Accordingly, policies that could
tarnish Turkey’s reputation as a bastion of stability risk
undermining its position between Europe, the United States, and the
Middle East. This realization has been the catalyst for Ankara's
careful management of Eastern and Western desires and expectations.
The result is a new Turkey: a twenty-first-century Muslim power
that promotes stability without the confines of a regional,
European rubric.
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