Troubled partnership
Subtitle: U.S.-Turkish relations in an era of global geopolitical change
By: F. Stephen Larrabee
Contributors: Project Air Force (U.S.)
Series: Rand Corporation monograph series; Rand Corporation monograph series
Publisher: RAND
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 138
ISBN-13: 9780833047564
Description: A strong security partnership with Turkey has been an important element of U.S. policy for the last five decades. However, in the last few years, U.S.-Turkish relations have seriously deteriorated, and today they are badly in need of repair. The arrival of a new administration in Washington presents an important opportunity to put Washington's relations with Ankara on a firmer footing. Turkey plays a critical role in four areas of increasing strategic importance to the United States: the Balkans, Central Asia and the Caucasus, the Middle East, and the Persian Gulf. In each of these areas, Ankara's cooperation is vital to achieving U.S. policy objectives.
Notes: "Prepared for the United States Air Force."

"RAND Project Air Force."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-138).
Table of contents: title: The U.S.-Turkish security partnership in transition; title: Iraq and the Kurdish challenge; title: The broader Middle East; title: Russia and Eurasia; title: The European dimension; title: U.S.-Turkish defense cooperation; title: The domestic context; title: Alternative Turkish futures; title: Conclusion: Revitalizing the U.S.-Turkish relationship.