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Stalin’s Demands: Constructions of the “Soviet Other” in Turkey’s Foreign Policy, 1919–1945

Stalin’s Demands: Constructions of the “Soviet Other” in Turkey’s Foreign Policy, 1919–1945 Standard accounts on Turkey’s foreign policy identify Molotov’s communication of 1945 (better known as “Stalin’s demands”) as the catalyst behind Turkey’s post‐WWII decision to strain its relations with the USSR and turn to the United States (US) for defense support. The aim here is to complement these accounts which have stressed the military and ideological threat posed by the USSR as the catalyst behind Turkey’s foreign policy change, by offering an analysis that explores the conditions of possibility for such change. The aim here is not to question the seriousness of the risks involved in failing to stand firm against the USSR in the immediate post‐WWII period. Nor is it to dispute the appropriateness of Turkey’s search for “Western” allies at a time when its economic, political and military vulnerabilities were acknowledged by friend and foe alike. The following mediates through accounts that stress the military threat and those that emphasize the ideological threat and presents an analysis that looks into the production of representations of the USSR as a “threat” to Turkey and the context which allowed for the production of such representations of the USSR. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Foreign Policy Analysis Oxford University Press

Stalin’s Demands: Constructions of the “Soviet Other” in Turkey’s Foreign Policy, 1919–1945

Foreign Policy Analysis , Volume 6 (1) – Jan 1, 2010

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Oxford University Press
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© 2010 International Studies Association
ISSN
1743-8586
eISSN
1743-8594
DOI
10.1111/j.1743-8594.2009.00101.x
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Abstract

Standard accounts on Turkey’s foreign policy identify Molotov’s communication of 1945 (better known as “Stalin’s demands”) as the catalyst behind Turkey’s post‐WWII decision to strain its relations with the USSR and turn to the United States (US) for defense support. The aim here is to complement these accounts which have stressed the military and ideological threat posed by the USSR as the catalyst behind Turkey’s foreign policy change, by offering an analysis that explores the conditions of possibility for such change. The aim here is not to question the seriousness of the risks involved in failing to stand firm against the USSR in the immediate post‐WWII period. Nor is it to dispute the appropriateness of Turkey’s search for “Western” allies at a time when its economic, political and military vulnerabilities were acknowledged by friend and foe alike. The following mediates through accounts that stress the military threat and those that emphasize the ideological threat and presents an analysis that looks into the production of representations of the USSR as a “threat” to Turkey and the context which allowed for the production of such representations of the USSR.

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Foreign Policy AnalysisOxford University Press

Published: Jan 1, 2010

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