Open AccessRevisionism as a characteristic of authoritarian ex‑empires
Author(s) -
Janko Bekić
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
međunarodne studije
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2459-623X
pISSN - 1332-4756
DOI - 10.46672/ms.21.1.6
Subject(s) - annexation , authoritarianism , status quo , power (physics) , political science , foreign policy , political economy , development economics , economy , sociology , law , democracy , economics , politics , physics , quantum mechanics
Revisionism is one of the main drivers of international conflict in the 21stcentury. Sensing the weakening of US global leadership, countries with regional or great power ambitions, especially former empires, increasinglyresort to threats and the use of force to alter the status quo in their favour.In some cases, this involves military occupation, and even annexation offoreign territory. This article takes a closer look at neo‑Ottomanism, Turkey’s revisionist foreign policy, and its gradual transition from a soft‑powerto a hard‑power approach, which eventually led to Ankara’s military incur‑sion and occupation of parts of neighbouring Syria.