乌克兰战争阴影下的土耳其困境

CENTRE FOR EASTERN STUDIESwww.osw.waw.plOSW CommentaryThe views expressed by the authors of the papers do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Polish authorities.EDITORS:Wojciech Konoczuk,Tomasz Strzelczyk,Szymon SztykTRANSLATION:OSWCO-OPERATION:Timothy HarrellDTP:Zofia KonarskaCentre for Eastern Studiesul.Koszykowa 6a,00-564 Warsaw,Polandtel.:(+48)22 525 80 00,infoosw.waw.pl www.osw.waw.plTurkish dilemmas in the shadow of the war in UkraineKrzysztof StrachotaThe war in Ukraine forcefully evoked the question of Turkeys international position and political strategy in its neighbourhood,but also in its relations with the West and Russia.In the first months of the aggression,Turkey reaffirmed its alignment with the West and its fear of Russian power and ambitions.The war also provided anopportunity for another attempt,not only to strengthen but also to redefine Turkish-Western relations the lifting of sanctions imposed on Ankara and astronger consideration of its security interests.Both the relative weakness of Russia,as revealed in the first period of the war,and the absence of the desired breakthrough in relations with the West have reinforced traditional and con-tentious tendenci