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Author Weitz, Richard, author.

Title Turkey's new regional security role : implications for the United States / Richard Weitz
Published Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (x, 183 pages)
Contents Introduction -- European security -- NATO -- European Union -- Troubled triangle : NATO, the EU, and Turkey -- The Middle East -- Eurasia -- Russia -- Central Asia -- China -- Turkey's defense industry -- Domestic developments -- Conclusions and recommendations
Summary "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."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-183)
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SSI, viewed September 12, 2014)
Subject North Atlantic Treaty Organization
European Union -- Turkey -- Membership
SUBJECT European Union. fast (OCoLC)fst00916630
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. fast (OCoLC)fst00529467
Subject Defense industries -- Turkey
Defense industries.
Diplomatic relations.
Membership requirements.
Military relations.
Politics and government
Strategic aspects of individual places.
SUBJECT Turkey -- Foreign relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85138793
Turkey -- Military relations
Turkey -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85138842
Turkey -- Strategic aspects
Subject Turkey.
Form Electronic book
Author Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute, publisher.
Army War College (U.S.). Press, publisher.