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Turkey's Transformation and American Policy
Turkey's Transformation and American Policy Author:Morton I. Abramowitz Turkey has emerged during the past decade as an important player on the world scene. It is involved in many issues and areas of great interest to the United States - NATO, the Caucasus and Central Asia, the Middle East, the Balkans, and Greece - and U.S.-Turkish relations grew very close in the past decade. This book analyzes the nature of Turk... more »ey's major internal problems, such as the Kurds and the rise of political Islam, and the impact of these issues on U.S. policymaking. Contributors include Cengiz Candar, columnist for the Sabah newspaper, Istanbul; Heath Lowry, Ataturk, Princeton University; Alan Makovsky, Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Ziya Onis, Koc University in Istanbul; Philip Robbins, St Antony's College, Oxford; M. James Wilkinson, former deputy assistant secretary of state for European affairs.« less