NOT NECESSARILY EXISTENTIAL THREATS: IDENTITY-CONSTITUTIVE ROLE OF THE FOREIGN POLICY DISCOURSE ON DISTANT HUMANITARIAN CRISES

The depiction of identity in foreign policy analysis is typically presented as inherent or predetermined. However, discursive approaches within the field, particularly poststructuralism, have emphasized foreign policy discourse's influence on identity formation. The main aim of this paper is to...

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Published inAlternatif politika Vol. 15; no. 3; pp. 445 - 470
Main Author Ceydilek, Erdem
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Istanbul Rasim Ozgur DONMEZ 01.10.2023
Rasim Özgür DÖNMEZ
Alternatif Politika
Abant İzzet Baysal University
Subjects
Criminal justice policy
Crises
critical discourse analysis
Discourse analysis
dış politika
doğal afetler
eleştirel söylem analizi
Environmental interactions
Foreign investment
Foreign policy
Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Identity
Identity formation
International relations
International relations/trade
kimlik
National identity
Natural disasters
Performativity
Policy analysis
Policy making
Poststructuralism
postyapısalcılık
Security and defense
Haiti
Pakistan
Foreign Policy
Critical Discourse Analysis
Natural Disasters
Poststructuralism
Identity
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Summary:The depiction of identity in foreign policy analysis is typically presented as inherent or predetermined. However, discursive approaches within the field, particularly poststructuralism, have emphasized foreign policy discourse's influence on identity formation. The main aim of this paper is to elucidate the performative relationship between identity and foreign policy through a poststructuralist lens, even in situations that are not existential or geographically proximate crises. This study employs a critical discourse analysis methodology to examine the performative dynamics between foreign policy discourse by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) policymakers and officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) about distant natural disasters and the construction of the Turkish national identity. The study presents three primary findings: firstly, the AKP's foreign policy discourse recognizes the Indonesia and Pakistan disasters as significant events, in contrast to the case of Haiti; secondly, this discourse constructs a homogenous Turkish identity; and thirdly, this homogeneous Turkish identity qualifies by several signifiers and is distinguished from external others.
ISSN:1309-0593
1309-0593
DOI:10.53376/ap.2023.17