P¿nar Gözen Ercan is an assistant professor at the Department of International Relations of Hacettepe University, Turkey. She holds a BA and an MA in International Relations from Bilkent University, Turkey, and a PhD in International Studies from the University of Trento, Italy. Her research interests include humanitarian intervention, the Responsibility to Protect, human rights, international law and the law of the sea, theories of International Relations, and Greek-Turkish relations. Besides journal articles and book chapters, she is also the author of the books entitled
Debating the Future of the 'Responsibility to Protect': The Evolution of a Moral Norm
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2016), and
The Territorial Sea Issue in Greek-Turkish Relations
(VDM Verlag, 2009).

Discusses disregarded aspects of TFP, as well as mainstream issues

Offers an original and useful contribution to the field of Turkish Foreign Policy

Uses original archival sources to further its exploration of TFP

1 Introduction.-
PART I - Turkish Foreign Policy in Retrospect: a historical point of view.-
2. Turkey's Foreign Policy in the Interwar Period: the 1930s.- 3. Turkish Parliamentary Debates on the American War in Vietnam (1964-71).-
PART II - At the Crossroad: Bilateral and Regional Relations of Turkey.-
4. A Troubled Partnership in a Troubled World? Understanding the New Dynamics of Turkish-American Relations during the Obama Administration.- 5. The Evolution of Turkey-NATO Relations: From Collective Defense/Deterrence to Collective Security and Out-of-Area Cooperation.- 6. Relations with the European Union (1990-2015): Conditionality at Work?.- 7. Turkish Foreign Policy toward the Balkan Neighbourhood: A Europeanized Foreign Policy in a De-europeanised National Context?.- 8. Russia's 'Near Abroad' and Turkey's 'Regionalism/Zero Problem with the Neighbours' Policies since the 1990s: Diverging interests vs. Compelling Realities.- 9. The Role of Energy Security in Turkish Foreign Policy: The Case of East Mediterranean Natural Gas Discoveries.- 10. The roles Turkey played in the Middle East.- 11. The African Turn in Turkish Foreign Policy: Turkey and the North and Sub-Saharan Africa.-
PART III - In between Politics and Law: Possibility of the 'Impossible'?.-
12. Maritime Relations of Turkey, the Peninsular Country: Surrounded by hostile or peaceful waters?.- 13. Aegean Disputes and the Territorial Sea Issue On Focus.- 14. The Cyprus Question and the Myth of 'No Solution Is the Best Solutution'.