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- Title
The Path to an Entrenching Alliance: Utilitarianism and Historical Institutionalism in Committing to NATO's Missile Defense System.
- Authors
TAĞMA, Halit Mustafa Emin; MÜFTÜLER-BAÇ, Meltem; UZUN, Ezgi
- Abstract
A critical juncture in Turkey's NATO membership arrived in 2010 with the NATO Council's decision, at its Lisbon summit, to build a ballistic missile defense system. After many deliberations, Turkey finally agreed to participate in NATO's missile defense by hosting the system's radar site in September 2011. Th is article investigates the main dynamics of the Turkish decision to commit to the NATO missile defense system by hosting the radar site on its territory. From a realpolitik point of view, Turkey's participation in the missile shield presents us with a theoretical puzzle as the utilitarian calculations do not seem to indicate a positive sum gain. From a historical institutionalist perspective, the Turkish decision could be seen as a result of a path-dependent process. Assessing these alternative approaches, we bring together the strength of each school's theoretical toolbox in order to off er a complementary explanation of Turkey's commitment to the alliance.
- Subjects
FOREIGN relations of Turkey; BALLISTIC missile defenses; NORTH Atlantic Treaty Organization; UTILITARIANISM; INTERNATIONAL alliances; TWENTY-first century; HISTORY
- Publication
International Relations / Uluslararasi Iliskiler, 2013, Vol 9, Issue 36, p75
- ISSN
1304-7310
- Publication type
Article