ME101 Lecture 3：Regional Realignment - Israel and Turkey: Non-Arab Regional Powerhouses in Changing Middle East

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This lecture will study and compare the evolution of the foreign policies of Israel and Turkey. As two non-Arab Middle Eastern countries, Israel and Turkey historically built a bilateral partnership that went through multiple crises in the past decade. However, the recent warming-up of ties between both governments suggest a restoration of the bilateral military and economic cooperation. Against that backdrop, the lecture will explore the regional drivers of the IsraeliTurkish partnership, its implications for the Middle East security architecture, and the ways domestic politics in both countries could derail strategic plans.