ABSTRACT
In their regional contexts as well as global connections, India and Turkey have been presented as 'rising powers' for over a decade. This chapter aims to compare these two 'rising powers' in their engagement with the world. Rising powers have their special demands and assertions on the international political scene as well as on the global economic arrangements. It focuses on responses of each of these countries to the transformation of global politics particularly with regard to three periods: the Cold War years; post–Cold War transformation and the current decade. Within this context the current ruling parties, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi (AKP), are particularly significant as they came to power with a certain claim of authenticity and thus challenging the established norms and powers. The chapter also focuses on three issues of comparison: attitudes toward policies of global governance, regionalism and, finally, politics of foreign aid.
