The Organization of Turkic States: Implications for the Regional Balance of Power

Abstract

Three decades of close relations in the Turkic world have brought about several platforms of cooperation built on a common cultural basis. As the last in the series, the Organization of Turkic States bears the hallmark of a full-fledged international organization of the whole Turkic world with a strong vision for the next two decades. This study examines the dynamics of the organization, which is expected to become a significant international actor in Eurasia, owing to the increasing synergy among the Turkic States. In this regard, the study aims to analyse the implications of the emergence of the Organization of Turkic States as an international actor for the regional balance of power in Eurasia. To this end, the SWOT analysis method is used to specify the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, which lead to general implications. The Organization of Turkic States is sure to be a power to be reckoned with among superpowers having interests in the Eurasia region in the long term.

Keywords

• the organization of turkic states
• turkic states
• turkic world
• cooperation in the turkic world
• the regional balance of power