Articles by Mustafa Kutlay

November 17, 2021

Turkish foreign policy on a slippery path towards the Russia-China axis

Mustafa Kutlay

In recent years, Turkish foreign policy has oscillated between traditional alignments with the West, and a new Eastern orientation. Partnerships with Russia and China are becoming increasingly important, write Ziya Öniş and Mustafa Kutlay. Yet Turkey must be firmly anchored to the club of democratic states to regain its benign regional and global role

Mustafa Kutlay

Senior Lecturer, Department of International Politics, City University of London

Mustafa works on comparative politics, political economy, politics of development in the global South, political risk analysis, and political economy of Turkey.

His articles have appeared in International Affairs, Government and Opposition, Third World Quarterly, and The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, among others.

Follow him on twitter @mmkutlay

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