The evolution of U.S.-Turkish relations in a transatlantic context
By: Frances G. Burwell, editor.
Contributors: Burwell, Frances G.; Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute.
Series: Colloquium report / Strategic Studies Institute; Colloquium report (Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute)
Publisher: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Carlisle, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
ISBN-13: 9781584873501
Subjects: European Union -- Turkey; European Union -- United States; North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Turkey; United States -- Relations -- Turkey; Turkey -- Relations -- United States
Description: The relationship between Turkey and the United States is complicated because of differing core purposes and somewhat differing memberships, i.e., NATO and the European Union. Current Turkey-U.S. diplomatic and military relations are strained, but both countries recognize how vital it is to address issues of mutual importance. In mid-2007 the Atlantic Council, Strategic Studies Institute, and German Marshall Fund of the United States jointly organized a conference to discuss the current state of U.S.-Turkish-EU ties and to consider how those relations might be repaired and enhanced. This conference report provides an overview of the enduring issues that must be addressed if Turkey-U.S. relations are to move beyond current roadblocks and begin to realize their full potential. Since this conference took place, the political environment in Turkey has changed, and several of the issues, such as the use of Iraq as a staging area by Kurdish insurgents, have continued to evolve. Such dynamics reveal the importance of the ideas surfaced in each of the conference presentations and the need to continue addressing the issues identified.
Notes: "April 2008."

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic version also available on the SSI website.
Table of contents: title: Rebuilding U.S.-Turkey relations in a transatlantic context; title: The state of U.S.-Turkey relations: a Turkish perspective; title: The state of U.S-Turkish relations: moving beyond geopolitics; title: Turkey: tilting from U.S. to EU?; title: Turkey and NATO: new images and old questions; title: Turkey's new Middle East activism; title: The new Middle East, Turkey, and the search for regional stability; title: The evolving EU, NATO, and Turkey relationship.