Questioning emerging humanitarian actors: role adaptation of Brazil and Türkiye in the changing international development landscape


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Parlar Dal E., Tüzgen N.

Contemporary Politics, cilt.31, sa.5, ss.737-757, 2025 (SSCI, Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 31 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2025
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/13569775.2024.2438516
  • Dergi Adı: Contemporary Politics
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Index Islamicus, Political Science Complete, Public Affairs Index, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.737-757
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Adaptation theory, Brazil, emerging powers, humanitarian foreign policy, role theory, Türkiye
  • Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This article focuses on the changing activism of Brazil and Türkiye in humanitarian foreign policy. By combining Adaptation Theory and Role Theory, the study scrutinises the humanitarian actorness of both states, posited to have emerged predominantly after the 2000s. Although there are changes in the policies of both states, the article states that both Brazil and Türkiye went beyond ‘role adaptation’ and experienced ‘role learning’. To adapt their roles, the article argues that the two countries embraced three-layered pathways: (a) humanitarian aid, (b) humanitarian crisis mediation, and (c) other humanitarian initiatives. Nevertheless, an assessment of the recent policies of both countries indicates that they have yet to reach the stage of ‘role transformation’ although such a change remains within their potential.