 | Turkmenistan's Foreign Policy: Positive Neutrality and the consolidation of the Turkmen Regime Subjects: Area Studies; Politics & International Relations; Asian Studies; Central Asian Russian & Eastern European Studies; Asian Politics; International Relations; European Politics; South Asian Studies; Russian & Soviet Politics; Foreign Policy; Asian Studies (General); Turkmenistan, an independent nation since 1991, is a strategically important Central Asian state. This book covers the most significant period of the establishment of the Turkmen political regime. At the core of this book is the Doctrine of Positive Neutrality, which, from 1995 onwards, constituted the theoretical backbone for the foreign policy of post-Soviet Turkmenistan. The author analyses the reason and aim of the concept, its significance for and impact on the country's domestic and foreign relations, its practical implementation and its transformation into a tool of strengthening of absolute personal authority. Furthermore, he establishes whether Positive Neutrality has to be seen as a 'domestic-oriented' foreign policy, which has been used by the Turkmen regime to reinforce its internal position. . Luca Anceschi is Research Associate at the Centre for Dialogue, La Trobe University, Australia. He is a graduate of the University of Naples 'L'Orientale' and of La Trobe University. His main research interests include the international politics of post-Soviet Central Asia and the Caucasus. |
