When Does the System Punish?

Abstract

Turkish foreign policy behavior regarding the Syrian Crisis, except a few important theoretical inroads, has not been studied from different vantage points of IR theory. Despite international systemic imperatives that prompt otherwise, the Turkish executive branch has persisted on its foreign policy course of action. This is yet another round where neorealism on its own is of little help in explaining foreign policy behavior. So as to contribute accordingly, the article herein presents a neoclassical realist account of Turkey's Syria policy from its inception to our day.