Turkey's new regional security role
Subtitle: implications for the United States
By: Richard Weitz
Contributors: Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute; Army War College (U.S.). Press
Publisher: Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Carlisle, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9781584876342
Subjects: Membership; Defense industries; Foreign relations; Military relations; Politics and government; Strategic aspects; North Atlantic Treaty Organization; European Union
Description: "Until a few years ago, the relationship between Washington and Ankara was perennially troubled and occasionally terrible. Turkey opposed the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq and complained that the Pentagon was allowing Iraqi Kurds too much autonomy, leading to deteriorating security along the Iraq-Turkish border. Disagreements over how to respond to Iran's nuclear program; U.S. suspicions regarding Turkey's outreach efforts to Iran and Syria; and differences over Armenia, Palestinians, and the Black Sea further strained ties. However, Turkey is now seen as responding to its local challenges by moving closer to the West. The United States has called the U.S.-Turkish relationship a "model partnership" and Turkey "a critical ally." For a partnership between Turkey and the United States to endure, Turkey must adopt more of a collective transatlantic perspective, crack down harder on terrorist activities, and resolve a domestic democratic deficit. At the same time, Europeans should show more flexibility meeting Turkey's security concerns regarding the European Union, while the United States should adopt a more proactive policy toward resolving potential sources of tensions between Ankara and Washington that could worsen significantly at any time"--Publisher's web site.
Notes: "September 2014."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-183).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: European security; title: NATO; title: European Union; title: Troubled triangle : NATO, the EU, and Turkey; title: The Middle East; title: Eurasia; title: Russia; title: Central Asia; title: China; title: Turkey's defense industry; title: Domestic developments; title: Conclusions and recommendations.