The recent Turkish involvement in the Middle East constitutes an important test case for establishing the boundaries of middle power influence in a changing global context. The AKP government in Turkey has become a major supporter of political change and democratization in the era of the Arab...

The rise of BRICs presents a major challenge to the existing global order. A second category of emerging powers, which may be labeled near-BRICs have also displayed increasing pro-activism in recent years in terms of influencing the regional balance of power politics, in addition to their...