The Role and Function of Military Drones Export in Türkiye's Enterprising Diplomacy
After the Arab Spring,Türkiye's enterprising orientation in diplomacy has become increasingly apparent.In this context,Türkiye intends to use military drones export as a diplomatic tool to serve its enterprising foreign policy.With the growing demand for military drones in the international market,Türkiye has been able to use military drones export to strengthen military and political relations,exchange needed interests,indirectly intervene in regional conflicts,and improve bilateral relations,which has consolidated the domestic foundation of Ttirkiye's foreign policy internally,shaped a favorable geopolitical pattern externally,and expanded Türkiye's political influence,achieving certain results overall.However,military drones are essentially military weapons.Türkiye expands its influence by means of foreign arms sales,which has obvious limitations,mainly reflected in the following aspects:military drones export highlights the inherent contradictions of Türkiye's diplomatic concept and weakens its effect of humanitarian narrative;military drones export has incurred counterattacks from Türkiye's geopolitical rivals and increased its regional competitive pressure;military drones export has intensified the proliferation of drones around the world and damaged the"responsible"international image that Türkiye is trying to establish.
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