CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Andreeva, Elena |
|---|---|
| Title | The Impact of Threat Perception on National Role Conceptions: The Cases of Turkey and Russia |
| Summary | The thesis examines the impact of such an important variable as threat perception on national role conceptions. National role conceptions, although dependent on decision-makers personal beliefs, are quite stable in the countries’ foreign policies. Providing deeper insight on the interaction between the agent and the structure than mainstream IR theories, they, nevertheless, do not explain why some states behave irrationally and even aggressively while maintaining former conceptions. Comparing the cases of Turkey and Russia, I will demonstrate how a heightened sense of insecurity, caused by the national traumas on which the states were established, resulted in distrust to their significant Other, the West, and had a significant influence on the way the national role conceptions have been interpreted. |
| Supervisor | Hannes Černy |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/andreeva_elena.pdf |
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