Türkiye’s Trade Diplomacy with Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
Identity and Foreign Policy in the Post-Soviet Turkic World
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How does trade diplomacy function when relationships are built not only on interests, but on identity?
Türkiye’s economic engagement with the post‑Soviet Turkic states is often described as a natural extension of history, culture, and shared identity-but how, exactly, does this translate into concrete diplomatic practice?
This book offers a comparative analysis of Türkiye’s trade diplomacy with Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan, examining how bilateral mechanisms such as Joint Economic Commissions (JECs), business councils and forums, and Preferential Trade Agreements operate not only to promote trade, but also to structure and sustain foreign policy relationships. Challenging explanations that reduce trade diplomacy to either realist influence-seeking or liberal welfare maximization, the book argues that Türkiye’s approach in the Turkic world is best understood through social constructivism: trade diplomacy becomes a vehicle for institutionalizing a “brotherhood” discourse and building durable cooperation even when immediate economic gains are limited or constrained.
Drawing on trade data alongside systematic legal-text analysis-including Joint Economic Commission protocols, investment protection agreements, and preferential trade instruments, the study shows how trade diplomacy serves as a durable foreign policy infrastructure. It explains why mechanisms such as JECs and preferential agreements often matter as political signals, agenda-setting tools, and relationship-maintenance devices, not merely as trade liberalization measures.
Ahmet Yavuzhan Erdem holds a Ph.D. from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Türkiye, and a Master of Public Policy from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His research interests and professional experience focus on international trade policy, public policy development, and the geopolitical economic relations of the Turkic world. Having served at Turkish government institutions on trade, including as the Commercial Attaché of the Republic of Türkiye in Houston, Texas, Dr. Erdem has had the unique opportunity to translate the theoretical framework of "trade diplomacy"—the core of his academic work—into practice, gaining extensive first-hand experience as an active practitioner in the field.
How does trade diplomacy function when relationships are built not only on interests, but on identity?
Türkiye’s economic engagement with the post‑Soviet Turkic states is often described as a natural extension of history, culture, and shared identity-but how, exactly, does this translate into concrete diplomatic practice?
This book offers a comparative analysis of Türkiye’s trade diplomacy with Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan, examining how bilateral mechanisms such as Joint Economic Commissions (JECs), business councils and forums, and Preferential Trade Agreements operate not only to promote trade, but also to structure and sustain foreign policy relationships. Challenging explanations that reduce trade diplomacy to either realist influence-seeking or liberal welfare maximization, the book argues that Türkiye’s approach in the Turkic world is best understood through social constructivism: trade diplomacy becomes a vehicle for institutionalizing a “brotherhood” discourse and building durable cooperation even when immediate economic gains are limited or constrained.
Drawing on trade data alongside systematic legal-text analysis-including Joint Economic Commission protocols, investment protection agreements, and preferential trade instruments, the study shows how trade diplomacy serves as a durable foreign policy infrastructure. It explains why mechanisms such as JECs and preferential agreements often matter as political signals, agenda-setting tools, and relationship-maintenance devices, not merely as trade liberalization measures.
Utilises legal-diplomatic texts as core data to reveal diplomatic priorities and agenda setting Offers a constructivist explanation of trade diplomacy that fits the Türkic-state case Bridges theory and practice, mapping institutions, mechanisms & treaties accessibly for both scholars and practitioners
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Ahmet Yavuzhan Erdem
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trade diplomacy post-Soviet Turkic states Joint Economic Commission Preferential Trade Agreements Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Uzbekistan identity politics bilateral trade mechanisms social constructivism