{"id":5461,"date":"2024-03-29T17:52:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T17:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=5461"},"modified":"2024-03-29T17:54:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T17:54:57","slug":"has-turkey-outfoxed-china-in-azerbaijan-to-become-a-rising-eurasian-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=5461","title":{"rendered":"Has Turkey Outfoxed China in Azerbaijan to become a Rising Eurasian power?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Author:<\/b> Micha\u00ebl Tanchum<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Affiliation: <\/b>University of Navarra, Spain<\/span><\/p>\n

Date\/Place:<\/b> January 19, 2021\/ Istanbul, Turkey<\/span><\/p>\n

Organization\/Publisher:<\/b> The Turkey Analyst<\/span><\/a>, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Joint Center<\/span><\/p>\n

Type of Literature:<\/b> Analysis<\/span><\/p>\n

Word Count:<\/b> 1,700<\/span><\/p>\n

Link:<\/b>https:\/\/www.turkeyanalyst.org\/publications\/turkey-analyst-articles\/item\/659-has-turkey-outfoxed-china-in-azerbaijan-to-become-a-rising-eurasian-power?.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Keywords: <\/b>Turkey, China, Central Asia, Azerbaijan, Eurasia, 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Drawing from the successes of Azerbaijan in its second Nagorno-Karabakh war over its lands occupied by Armenia and the symbolic win for Turkey, the author sees the spread of Ankara\u2019s influence in Central Asian republics \u2013 all of whom represent scattered Turkic tribes — thus putting an obstacle in China\u2019s global outreach in the region through its multi-billion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). To glue together the five sister republics which were once under the now deceased USSR, Turkey has helped form the Turkic Council and has been pushing closer cooperation, trade, and people-to-people contacts. It touches China\u2019s raw-nerve \u2013 the Uighurs in Xinjiang region which opens Beijing\u2019s markets to the central Asian region. In this piece, the author believes Turkey has prevailed over Beijing amid Ankara\u2019s gradual fine-tuning of its criticism of China over Uighur abuses. Beijing helped build a rail network through Kazakhstan, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey, breaking Russia\u2019s hegemony over transportation routes to European markets. The author argues that the lack of support from Turkey\u2019s Western allies after the failed coup attempt in 2016 has pushed Ankara closer to Beijing. He explains how Ankara\u2019s position viz-a-viz the Uighur issue transformed, and how Beijing relaxed its control over its relations with Ankara, expanding economic relations. The author explains how post Nagorno-Karabakh war, Turkey\u2019s geopolitical importance has improved not only against Russian threats but also Turkey’s lack of direct connectivity with Central Asia has now changed. In coming times, the role of the Istanbul-based Turkic Council is expected to get prominence with the expanding access of Turkey\u2019s military, diplomatic and economic power in the region. The successes in Nagorno-Karabakh saw several Central Asian republics coming directly to Ankara for various military and other defense related engagements. Turkey has transformed its role in the region from transit state to one of the principal agenda-setters of Eurasian connectivity, thus giving Ankara a principled position to \u201chold the balance of power between Russia and China in the Eurasian architecture.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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By:<\/b> Riyaz ul Khaliq, Non-Resident CIGA Research Associate<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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