Turkey is one of four swing countries

In a report prepared by two think-tanks in the United States, Turkey is indicated as one of four swing countries, including Brazil, India and Indonesia, with its growing economy, democracy, and increasing role in the region and world. The report, "Global Swing States: Brazil, India, Indonesia, Turkey and the Future of International Order" prepared by Daniel M. Kliman and Richard Fontaine with the partnership of German Marshall Fund (GMF) and Center for a New American Security has been published. It has been stated in the report that a focus on Brazil, India, Indonesia and Turkey can deliver a large geopolitical payoff since their approach to the international order is more fluid and open, and that the choices which these four countries make – about whether to take on new global responsibilities, free ride on the efforts of established powers or complicate the solving of key challenges – may, together, decisively influence the trajectory of the current international order. "On balance, Turkish policies have strengthened the trade, financial and nonproliferation pillars of the international order. Its human rights policy has rapidly evolved from noninterference to limited interventionism. Meanwhile, in the maritime domain, Turkey has adopted positions that countervail existing global arrangements. Turkey has supported the global financial system by contributing to the IMF, becoming a development lender and embracing the G20," it said. On Turkey's role in Arab Spring, the report said, "As the Arab Spring has unfolded, Turkish human rights policy has exhibited considerable variation. In the case of Egypt, Prime Minister Erdogan made a dramatic public intervention, first telling President Hosni Mubarak to heed the protest movement's demands and then, a day later, calling for the Egyptian leader's immediate resignation. Having forged a close relationship with the Asad regime, the Turkish government at first sought to facilitate top-down democratic reforms in Syria. As the crackdown in Syria has worsened, however, Ankara has gravitated toward an increasingly hard-line position – imposing sanctions, severing diplomatic ties, giving material aid to the Syrian rebels and taking direct military action against the regime's forces."