Reshaping Regional Alignments: Turkiye’s Wedging Strategy Against the East Mediterranean Gas Forum

• In Event: Hedging and Wedging: Foreign Policy of Middle Powers

Brief Overview

This paper analyzes Turkiye’s wedging strategy toward the East Mediterranean Gas Forum, focusing on Egypt and Italy, and shows how a middle power counters exclusionary regional institutions through incentives and threat perception shifts.

Authors

• Jaebeom Kwon, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

• Joosong Lee, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies