ABSTRAKBuzan dan Waever dalam Regions and Powers: The Structure of International
Security menjelaskan posisi Turki sebagai insulator bagi regional security
complex (RSC) Eropa, Middle Eastern dan Kaukasus. Insulator adalah sebuah
kawasan yang berada di antara dua atau lebih RSC yang memiliki karakter pasif
dan tidak dapat menyatukan dua RSC dalam satu arena strategis keamanan.
Dinamika Turki masa AKP (2002-2011) ternyata tidak lagi relevan dengan status
insulator. Perubahan orientasi dari Barat ke Timur merupakan salah satu indikasi
bagaimana Turki mencoba ?keluar? dari status tersebut. Perubahan orientasi ini
terkarakterisasi dengan agresivitas peran Turki di regional MERSC, khususnya
dalam isu keamanan, dan perekonomian yang terus membaik.
AbstractIn Regions and Powers: The Structure of International Security, Buzan and
Waever explain that Turkey is an insulator between Europe, Middle Eastern, and
Caucasus regional security complexes. Insulator is a term that used to describe a
regional between two or more RSCs which has been occupied by one state. The
state must be weak, passive and cannot bring those RSCs together in one strategic
security arena. According to Turkey?s internal and external dynamic by 2002-
2001 or AKP?s period, insulator concept does not relevant anymore to figure out
Turkey?s position and status. Changing in Turkey?s foreign policy which is being
turned to East poses a challenge to that status. Turkey?s trying to get out of
insulator state. This changing is characterized by Turkey?s aggressivity role in
MERSC, especially in security issue and emerging economic.
