US-Turkey Relations: Arab Spring And the Search for Model Partnership

Extrication of the Turkish-Israeli relationship from the US-Turkey relationship represented a structural change.


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US-Turkey Relations Arab Spring And the Search for Model Partnership
Drivers of Foreign Policy Change in The AK Party Decade

Drivers of Foreign Policy Change in The AK Party Decade

The AK Party decade in Turkish foreign policy has been an age of change and transformation.


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By creating restricted political openings, as was the case in the early 1990s, the king intended to coopt some opposition parties, which had been previously excluded from the political system.

The Arab uprisings in early 2011 provided the US and Turkey with an opportunity and a necessity to discover new forms of cooperation and policy coordination due to the urgency for action on the ground.