US and Turkey Launch Talks to Address Deep-Rooted Disagreements
Officials express optimism about finding common ground where interests align, especially in areas like counterterrorism.
100 Years of Turkey-US Relations
If the US adopts an increasingly anti-Turkey stance, this could go beyond the current stalemate on existing issues and poison…
How Leaked Pentagon Documents Target Egypt, Turkey, and Israel
Approximately 700,000 classified intelligence and military reports have purportedly been disclosed in March, but what is the full story?
How the Russia-Ukraine War Will Change Turkey-US Relations
The US decision to grant an exemption to India, which procured three times as many S-400 missile defense systems as…
F-16Vs Instead of F-35s: What’s behind Turkey’s Request?
40 new F-16Vs and the upgrade of 80 fighters will certainly act as a cost-effective stopgap solution for Turkey until…
Why Is Turkey Involving Itself in Post-US Afghanistan?
Taliban calls its fight against the US and NATO a jihad, a holy war. But, following the US withdrawal, Turkey’s…
What’s behind Joe Biden’s “Armenian Genocide” Statement?
How the Armenian lobby in the U.S. helped push the Biden administration to recognize the events of 1915 in Anatolia…
Looking Beyond Ain Issa: The Way Forward in North East Syria
Just as Russia and Turkey began setting up the ceasefire oversight arrangements in Nagorno Karbakh, Turkey’s sights were set on…
Sour Candy in the Mouth: US-Turkey Relations
A low profile, indirect but sustainable conflict model between the US and Turkey can be the modus operandi of the…
How Will Antony Blinken Handle US Foreign Policy on Syria, Turkey and Yemen?
Since Blinken has never held elected office, it is difficult to discern to what extent his public pronouncements on policy…
How Does Russia View Turkish-US Relations?
While Russia’s mainstream media often focuses on the problematic relations between Turkey and the West, Russian think tanks hold a…
Mazloum Kobani Is Becoming another Thorn in US-Turkey Relations
Mazloum Kobani is among Turkey’s most wanted terrorists and is placed on the Turkish Interior Ministry’s Interpol red notice list.
Washington Meeting Is a Promising Step to Repair Strained Relations
The meeting between President Erdogan and Trump did not solve all the intractable problems. But it was an important step…
Can Tense Relations between Turkey and the US be Improved?
Even if the two leaders are eager to solve the existing problems between two countries, there is the obstacle of…
How Conflicts between CENTCOM and EUCOM threaten the Turkey-US Safe Zone Deal
The latest action by CENTCOM of conducting joint patrols with a YPG front group immediately after the Turkish-American joint patrol…
US Finally Appoints Envoy to Turkey: Can Satterfield Repair the Relationship?
Turkey needs reassurance and the Americans need an olive branch. A better relationship will only come when they recognize the…
US-Turkey Relations in the Trump Era: A Turkish Perspective
Many of the problems in U.S.-Turkey relations are structural. Had Erdogan never come to power, there would still be a…
The S-400 Deadlock Between Turkey and the US
Geopolitics 101 says that Turkey and the U.S. have to agree, one way or another, over the issue of S-400s.…
