11. Assessing Turkey’s Performance As a Norm Entrepreneur in Syrian Crisis
- Author:
- Cenap Çakmak
- Publication Date:
- 09-2013
- Content Type:
- Commentary and Analysis
- Institution:
- BILGESAM (Wise Men Center for Strategic Studies)
- Abstract:
- Norms matter in world politics; and it is actually the norms, rather than complicated provisions of treaties or other formal arrangements, that the state express strong willingness to comply with. Norms are also significant as they reshape the conduct of interstate affairs and the overall outlook of the international political stage. From a constructivist perspective, norms are expected to take reign in the aftermath of a major and pervasive transformation in global stage. Such norms are further consolidated and legally backed by the repetitive compliance of states which turn them into binding customs that are applicable to all similar cases regardless of whether parties to these cases express their consent to abide by them as international legal rules.
- Topic:
- International Law, Politics, Treaties and Agreements, Conflict, and Norms
- Political Geography:
- Turkey, Middle East, and Syria