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Report: NATO at the Crossroads
| Foreign PolicyIn this collection of essays, we discuss how NATO can overcome strategic challenges and recalibrate the strength of the alliance under the new geopolitical circumstances. The essays in this report focus on NATO’s transformations after the Ukraine war and attempt to understand Türkiye’s foreign policy alternatives within the context of its relations with the West, Russia, and NATO.
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Foreign PolicyReport: NATO at the Crossroads
By Murat YeşiltaşIn this collection of essays, we discuss how NATO can overcome strategic challenges and recalibrate the strength of the alliance under the new geopolitical circumstances. The essays in this report focus on NATO’s transformations after the Ukraine war and attempt to understand Türkiye’s foreign policy alternatives within the context of its relations with the West, Russia, and NATO.
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Foreign PolicyReport: Making Sense of Türkiye’s Role in the Future of NATO
By Rıfat ÖncelThis paper consists of two main parts. In the first part, it explains the main priorities that NATO is focusing on by elaborating on the Russian attack on Ukraine, the China challenge, and the changing character of military and non-military threats. In the second part, the paper delivers a framework to make sense of why Türkiye particularly attaches unique significance to some issues. It concludes that Türkiye will continue to support NATO endeavors but the country expects its allies to cooperate on counterterrorism efforts and also expects calibrated and meaningful engagement in Greek-Turkish disagreements.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Aegean Tension Greece’s Policy and Legal Distortions
By Yücel AcerThis analysis examines the reasons behind Greece’s policy of escalating tension and whether that policy has any legal ground.
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Analysis: Asia anew Initiative of Turkey and Impacts on...
By Diren DoğanThis analysis initially provides a basic scope for the Asia Anew Initiative, which has been followed with interest due to the fact that it has not yet published a policy document. Again, it examines the aims of Asia, its contributions to international politics, its differences from the strategies toward Asia produced by different actors, and its relationship with the basic dynamics of Turkish foreign policy. Secondly, it analyzes the strategic fit between the Asia Anew Initiative and the Turkish defense industry by examining the sector successes realized in parallel with the interest of the Turkish defense industry in the Southeast Asian region, which is one of the sub-regions focused on by the Asia Anew Initiative.
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Report: Unpacking the Debate on Turkish Drones
By Sibel DüzIn this report in the first section, the emerging unmanned military platforms and smart systems produced by Turkey and their impact on military norms and practices in several conflict areas will be discussed. In the second section, the questions of how these technologies are shaping Turkey’s ties with buyer countries, trends, and competition in the drone market will be answered
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Perspective: Russian Attack on Ukraine and Turkey’s Approach in...
By Yücel AcerWhat are the general guidelines for passage through the Turkish Straits according to the Montreux Convention? Is it legally possible for Ukraine and Russia to send their warships through the straits during the ongoing war? Is Turkey obligated to block the passage of both Ukrainian and Russian warships? Should warships of other states that may come to aid Ukraine be allowed to pass? What is Turkey’s approach towards implementing the Montreux Convention?
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Experts Respond: 70-Years of Turkey-NATO Relations
By Muhittin Ataman By Mehmet Akif Kireçci By Çağrı Erhan By Mustafa Kibaroğlu By Murat Yeşiltaş By Aylin Ünver Noi By Murat Aslan By Kadir Üstün By Nurşin Ateşoğlu Güney By Vişne Korkmaz By Mehmet Çağatay Güler By Sibel Düz By Gloria Shkurti ÖzdemirWe asked them to evaluate the existing relationship and at the same time assess Turkey’s future role in the strategic alliance. Lastly, each of the experts also provided several policy recommedations for both parties.
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Analysis: Turkey’s Policy on the Russian-Ukrainian Crisis
By Filiz Tutku AydınThis analysis provides a review of Turkey’s relations with Ukraine and discusses foreign policy options available to Turkey in case of invasion of Ukrainian territory by Russia.
