The Eastern Mediterranean: energy, maritime security and strategic alliances
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Authors
İlter, Kağan
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Clement, Victoria
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2012-12
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December 2012
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Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School
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en_US
Abstract
Energy and maritime-history affairs have played particularly important parts in the alignment of regional and international relations in the Eastern Mediterranean, and Turkey has played a pivotal regional role in all these matters. This study examines the role of Turkey as it explores the Middle East more generally, from World War II to the present day, asking how dynamic strategic alliances and regional relations in the Eastern Mediterranean have been regulated in terms of energy and maritime-security issues. The thesis has five chapters:
Chapter II discusses the geographic, political, military, and especially economic importance of the region.
Chapter III provides a historical review of energy and maritime-related crises and case studies that occurred in the Eastern Mediterranean and their effect on the alignments of strategic alliances.
Chapter IV presents the current situation in the Eastern Mediterranean in terms of energy and maritime security and examines Turkey`s increasing strategic role in the region. This chapter provides information about the importance of Eastern Mediterranean hydrocarbon resources, the geopolitical importance of Turkey as an energy hub, probable energy problems in default of delimitation of the maritime area, strategic-alliance problems and the militarization of energy security.
Chapter V summarizes the main analyses and presents the importance of the current geostrategic alignment of alliances in terms of energy and maritime security, and Turkey’s key role in the settlement of disputes in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Reissued 13 Mar 2013 to rearrange reference list and change distribution code from F to A.
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National Security Affairs
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.