Department of Politics and International Relations
Edoardo Lavezzo
Research
Title of research
Examining the presence of Transactionalism in Türkiye: A comparative analysis of the energy diplomacy towards the EU and China.
Brief overview of research topic
The objective of this research is to explore the presence of transactionalism in detail and demonstrate if its principles have been manifested in the Turkish foreign policy when addressing energy diplomacy.
The research defines transactionalism as a foreign policy approach that favours bilateralism to multilateralism, focuses on short-term wins rather than longer-term strategic foresight, does not follow a grand strategy, uses systemic instabilities as leverages and is characterised by a nationalist and populist leadership.
Conducting a comparative analysis of the Turkish energy diplomacy towards the EU and China, the thesis evidences that Turkey has not adopted transactionalism in the same way.
