The Crisis and the future of NATO | The increasing Autonomy of Turkey
This analysis is about the crisis that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is believed to have experienced recently.
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Washington caught in the trap of unilateralism
The unilateralist trend that was launched by George W. Bush, who said "you are either with us or against us," actually continued in different forms in the successive U.S. administrations
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The ongoing rift between Turkey and NATO is resulting from the U.S.-led organization ignoring Ankara's concerns on its national security
An invisible hand is trying to move Turkey away from Western-oriented organizations such as NATO, yet Ankara should not fall into this trap
With some minor changes in its policies on Gülen and the PYD, Washington can easily fix its ties with Ankara
The new format of deeper and comprehensive Turkish-Russian cooperation after Aug. 9 will include added military and geostrategic elements
European Perceptions of Turkish Foreign Policy
SETA PANEL Moderator: Taha Özhan, SETA President Speakers: Müjge Küçükkeleş, SETA, Research Assistant Talip Küçükcan, Director, SETA Foreign Policy Research Egemen Bağış, Minister of EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator Date/Time: May 10, 2012, THURSDAY 11:00-12:30 Venue: SETA Ankara room, ANKARA
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Turkey and the Transformation of NATO
Recent years have made it clear that NATO is going through a transformation process; Turkey will be one of the allies most affected by this process. Both the future of NATO and Turkey’s perception of NATO membership will be at stake unless the allies can reach consensus on the core strategic issues of the transformation agenda. Analysts urgently need to come up with convincing answers to the following questions: In which ways has NATO’s transformation been going through? Why does Turkey feel uneasy with some aspects of the process? What steps should Turkey take in order to ensure that the transformation of the Alliance is viewed positively at home?
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Speaking to Milliyet columnist Fikret Bila, Prime Minister Erdoğan stated that Turkey is being forced to take sides in the Georgian conflict.
