THE ROLE OF TÜRKİYE IN EUROPEAN SECURITY: A CHALLENGE OR AN OPPORTUNITY?

Türkiye’s foreign policy has adapted to a more fractured and competitive world. The era of unipolar dominance is over; we now live in a time of contested multipolarity, with shifting centres of power and declining norms. In this environment, Türkiye aims to balance strategic autonomy, albeit with noticeable limitations, with strategic alignment: maintaining flexibility to safeguard national interests while continuing to engage with its long-standing Western institutions, especially NATO.