Edoardo Lavezzo

Research
Qualifications
Presentations and Awards

Research

Title of research:

Türkiye’s behaviour as a Middle Power: navigating Great Power Competition between the European Union and China

Brief overview of research topic:

EU and China have decided to recreate the “millennial” bond with the recently launched initiative called “One Belt One Road”. By participating in this project, Turkey and Azerbaijan have manifested the will to become logistical centres that facilitate the flow of capital and goods.

Moreover, Turkey and Azerbaijan have been at the centre of the EU and China’s attention, given their geopolitical role in the Silk Road and their future economic prospectus.

The research aims to expose the politico-economic effects in Turkey and Azerbaijan of such an Initiative, by framing how the European and Chinese principles have influenced their own Foreign Policy.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in History (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)

Master of Arts in Political Sciences (University of Manchester)

Presentations and Awards

Edoardo presented "The impact of domestic factors on the middle power status: Examining Turkey's Presidentialism to understand how the country's domestic backlash affected the relationship with the EU" at the EDC 2024 ELECTIONS – DEMOCRACY – CRISIS Conference organised by the Uni of Warsaw.

Edoardo presented "Middle power & small states’ dualism with EU and China" at the 2023 Political Studies Association Early Career Network Annual Conference Political Worlds

Edoardo was awarded Best Paper in International Relations by the Political Studies Association (Early Career Network) for his paper "Middle power & small states’ dualism with EU and China"

Edoardo participated in the workshop on “Europe in an Uncertain World: Openness, Resilience and Vulnerabilities of Small States and Middle Powers” presenting his paper on “Turkey’s behaviour as a middle power: navigating the EU-China Competition through Transactionalism”

The workshop was held on the 14th, 15th and 16th September 2023 in Athens, and it was organised by the Institute of International Economic Relations (IIER) (Programme on the Theory and Practice of International Relations) in
collaboration with the following institutions:
• Neapolis University Pafos, Cyprus
• Institute for European Studies, University of Malta
• Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of the Peloponnese, Greece
• Department of International and European Studies, University of Macedonia, Greece