ABSTRACT

This article analyses the triangular relations between Britain, the United States and Turkey in the volatile Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean region at the advent of the Cold War. It examines the political, economic and military strategies that enabled Turkey to adapt to the transitional period from the Pax Britannica to the Pax Americana (1947–1957) in the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean. By focusing on this turbulent decade extending from the Truman Doctrine (1947) to the Eisenhower Doctrine (1957), this study posits that the transition from the waning influence of Britain to the coalitional hegemony of the United States was protracted and multi-layered. In this context, Turkey had to walk a diplomatic tightrope while managing certain aspects of continuity and change in a volatile region.

摘要

本文分析了冷战到来之际，在动荡的中东和地中海东部地区，英国，美国和土耳其之间的三角关系。它考察了使土耳其适应中东和地中海地区从大不列颠到美国（1947年至1957年）的过渡时期的政治，经济和军事战略。通过研究从杜鲁门主义（1947年）到艾森豪威尔主义（1957年）的动荡十年，本研究认为，从英国势力减弱到美国联合霸权的过渡是长期的和多层次的。在这种情况下，土耳其必须走外交路线，同时在动荡地区管理某些方面的连续性和变化。