The concept of Pan-Turkism is fascinating. Does this party advocate for a secular or rather a older religion of Tengrism and (broad?) race based concept of (international) Turkish nationalism (the core being Turkish identity) over the cohesion of Islam in internal and international politics? This sounds like an effort to re-balance Turkish politics to locate a stable core and continue along the path of secularism. Even if this is a fringe party, it plays into a broader sentiment within the Turkish (international?) community for restoring former greatness and engineer a path into the future. Whether it's feasible or not is up for debate, there are many counter arguments and forces against such a concept.
There is a common theme in the undercurrent between the Turkish and Koreans, both feeling constricted by neighbouring powers and desire to expand influence with newly developed power. The common theme is also bounded by the desire to unify under a broader concept of nation, under concepts like linguistic brotherhood and mutual ethnic roots lead by the current national core of Turkey and Korea. The geography of this matter compels the notion of a Pan-Turkic and Pan-Koreanic partnership as this concept creates a Pan-Altaic belt stretching from the Mediterranean to the Sea of Japan. This arrangement is a microcosm of the power arrangement that is Eurasia with nodes of power (Europe and East Asia) situated on the peripheries of the "World Island". The "Altaic Island" is insulated (potentially isolated) by both flanks buffered by the inner seas (Mediterranean and Sea of Japan) and the lands beyond.
The success of such an arrangement or even the notion is deeply upsetting to the preeminent powers of Eurasia, specifically Russia and China. It is a potential wedge between the emerging Eurasian block and the leverage of terms dictated by Russia and China. From the Sino-Russo perspective, such an arrangement will always be viewed with deep suspicion and treated as an attempt at sabotage by foreign influence, namely America. The duopoly of China and Russia in Eurasia will be vastly more comfortable (for China and Russia) in comparison with an emerging belt with power nodes closer to their respective power bases.
Such an idea and attempt at manifest doesn't have to end in conflict or repeat of the cold war, it will become self defeating for all parties. The long term goal of Eurasia, in the interest of all parties is to operate in an environment of relative openness, low transaction costs, continuous development and win-win.
A possible solution is to engineer an "no-man's land" or a defined region as the "battlefield" for major power dynamics to play out (as no
major power is willing or will safely allow to compromise on national sovereignty), much like wolves competing to become alpha, such competition is in the interest of the pack's survival as a weak/artificially maintained leader (without a foreseeable replacement) will bring about uncertainty (defeat of long term planning) and collective weakness. The social costs of engineering a "battlefield" will be externalised on the zone centred around Central Asia with the possible inclusion of Afghanistan and Mongolia. This doesn't mean lives lost or the downfall of respective societies but necessitates an era of rearrangement into a form more fitting of reality, which will lead to eventual breakthrough from the current developmental deadlock. Much like how the Russian/Soviet Empire engineered Central Asia, again it will be engineered to fit the dynamics and
mindset of a new era.
New era of conflict within in this engineered "battlefield" will not be the clash of military hardware between major powers but a more simulated warfare fitting of our virtual era. Wins and losses will be determined by currencies, trade routes, development, resources, and ability to develop deep and long-lasting relations/networks. Not only will emerging powers be able to fulfil (partially) desires for empire but also actively construct a framework for mutual development in the process, creating a positive feedback loop of incentives.
The benefits of such a "battlefield" is the mindset it perpetuates,
constant self improvement. Even if in practice the duopoly (or even monopoly) of Russia and China remains due to their inherent capabilities, the mentality will not be that of stagnation. Stagnant mindset might allow for a century of golden age (as societies reach their limit) but will eventually succumb to another century of decay. With the wisdom of history it's possible to engineer an lasting era of "Spring and Autumn" while rejecting the bloodshed and suffering. Spring and Autumn period produced much of the cultural heritage (Art of War, Confucianism, Legalism, state craft, philosophy, technological flourishing, literature) of the Chinese civilisation and paved way for its identity. The success of Imperial and Industrial Europe can find similarities with Spring and Autumn Middle Kingdom. The environment of competing states of comparable development is conducive to the development of human capital but at the cost of bloodshed. The end of such era (usually motivated by desire for peace) under a unified and very centralised system will bring about greater efficiency but will eventually (depending on inertia, limit, and external forces of system) lead to long stagnation until eventual and often bloody rearrangement. Simulating warfare will hopefully recreate the struggle of "Spring and Autumn" or Imperial Europe without death and suffering but this necessitates a new breed of mindset. No longer can we be purely driven by survival instincts like our distant forefathers but be active in pushing boundaries even when survival does not necessitate action.
There is a clear trend where the Eurasian landmass is becoming an increasingly claustrophobic community, distant empires are converging and for the sake of humanity, must learn to live with each other and embrace the competition. In our current era players are in the process of emerging and in a century long gearing up to compete in a global battle.
Much like how America and their seafaring European forerunners diffused the notion of truly global trade and internationalism into the fabric of societies around the world, even as their own societies increasingly reject such ideals, OBOR and its fruits will not be solely enjoyed by and burden bore by China but will again diffuse into a state of mind of the World Island.
This trend brings back the age old notion of a more pronounced global power hierarchy, the era of international liberalism or the delusion of such is fading (its values will live on in a subtler form). The new era necessitates a deliberate and overt engineering of societies that conjoins major power nodes and with information flows of the current era, any action is viewed under a microscope, there is no hiding. To cope with reality we must welcome the new era of realism and cooperation, for the trends are bigger than any one country or organisation can reverse.
We are at a cross road or nearing it, there are those that reject the notion of multiculturalism and those that fervently embrace multiculturalism. I appreciate both sides and agree with most of their points, they may be contradictions but is pointing towards a harmonious path for humanity. Why can't we have both? I think we can have both and it's better that way. The arrangement of the
virtual "battlefield" necessitates
distinct players meaning they have clear identities, interests, and unique elements they bring to the table for the collective unlike the slurry of multicultural ideals. Despite such conservative ideas, I also appreciate what multiculturalism has brought for the world but it needs to be better framed. Ideas and abstract thinking are the greatest treasures of humanity and it does not develop in a vacuum, it requires the seed and randomness of interaction and networks. We need liberalism to flourish in this world but we must not forget it only survives on the backbone of conservatism and unique identity, Yin and Yang needs to co-exist. A possible arrangement is the deliberate creation of zones of multiculturalism while preserving the cores of these unique players on the peripheries of this virtual "battlefield". Multicultural zones cannot be set to be all encompassing of the "battlefield" as they too have a shelf life, they expire when their particles dissolve into the solution that is multiculturalism thus bringing about its death and necessitates the planting of new seeds.