Different paths to regional hegemony: National identity contestation and foreign economic strategy in Russia and Turkey

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buir.contributor.authorKöstem, Seçkin
dc.citation.epage752en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber5en_US
dc.citation.spage726en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber25en_US
dc.contributor.authorKöstem, Seçkinen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-21T16:03:13Z
dc.date.available2019-02-21T16:03:13Z
dc.date.issued2018-10en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of International Relationsen_US
dc.description.abstractIPE scholars have extensively studied regionalisms in various parts of the globe. However, little has been done to explore the role that countries with regional leadership aspirations have played in fostering regional integration. Why do regional powers pursue different forms of leadership to exert economic influence over their neighbors and achieve regional hegemony? Through a comparison of Russia and Turkey, I argue that elite national identity conceptions construct national economic interests and shape foreign economic policies of these regional powers. In both countries, ruling elites have embraced national identity conceptions that were in stark contrast to the national identity conceptions of their predecessors. Russia under Putin has pursued a coercive hegemonic form of leadership in Eurasia contrary to the Yeltsin era. Conversely, Turkey under Erdogan has pursued liberal regional economic leadership in the Middle East as opposed to the coercive and isolationist policies of Westernist elites. In both cases, the consolidation of political power and international developments have strengthened the prevalent national identity conceptions at home, and reinforced regional economic leadership strategies. As it highlights the domestic ideational sources of the pursuit of regional hegemony, this study has implications for the study of regional powers, regionalism and economic nationalism.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09692290.2018.1511450
dc.identifier.eissn1466-4526en_US
dc.identifier.issn0969-2290
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/50085
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.relation.isversionofhttps://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2018.1511450
dc.source.titleReview of International Political Economyen_US
dc.subjectNational identityen_US
dc.subjectRegional hegemonyen_US
dc.subjectRegional powersen_US
dc.subjectRegionalismen_US
dc.subjectRussiaen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.titleDifferent paths to regional hegemony: National identity contestation and foreign economic strategy in Russia and Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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