NATO to Switch on Missile Defense System Tomorrow

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Sep 13, 2024

A sea of opportunities: Exploring cooperation between Turkey and the West in the Black Sea

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Atlantic Council Turkey Programs

In the political sphere, the interests of Turkey and the West in the Black Sea largely overlap.

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NATO to Switch on Missile Defense System Tomorrow

TURKEYSource
Aug 28, 2024

Turkey wants to end the war in Ukraine—and might have a formula to do it

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Rich Outzen

Turkey would play a role in a cease-fire and post-war arrangement, drawing on a history of balance and deterrence in the Black Sea region.

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NATO to Switch on Missile Defense System Tomorrow

Issue Brief
Jul 8, 2024

Turkey’s emerging and disruptive technologies capacity and NATO: Defense policy, prospects, and limitations

By
Can Kasapoğlu and Sine Özkaraşahin

An issue brief exploring Turkey’s defense technological ecosystem and leveraging its capabilities for the benefit of NATO.

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USS Fitzgerald participating in missile defense test, Oct. 25, 2012

NATOSource

May 11, 2016

NATO to Switch on Missile Defense System Tomorrow

By AP and Reuters

From Vanessa Gera, AP:  A U.S. missile defense system aimed at protecting Europe from ballistic missile threats is moving into higher gear this week, with a site in Romania becoming operational on Thursday

Central Europe
Missile Defense

MENASource

May 10, 2016

In Jarablus, a Chance for a Better Turkish Policy against ISIS

By Faysal Itani and Aaron Stein

The Turkish government is the most important external, pro-opposition actor in northern Syria. It will remain involved in the Syrian conflict despite concurrent political instability within the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). Yet the war has undermined US-Turkish relations, due in large part to disagreement over the strategy to defeat the Islamic State (ISIS), […]

Syria
Turkey

In the News

May 9, 2016

Stein Quoted by Daily Beast on ISIS Attacks in Turkey

By Aaron Stein

Read the full article here.

Turkey

In the News

May 6, 2016

Stein Quoted by Vox on Resignation of Turkish Prime Minister

By Aaron Stein

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Turkey

MENASource

May 5, 2016

Operations in the Manbij Pocket: Finding A Way Forward in the War against ISIS

By Aaron Stein

The Islamic State (ISIS) threat to Turkey has increased considerably in recent months, following an increase in rocket attacks on the Turkish city of Kilis and the deliberate targeting of Turkish tanks and artillery near Karkamış. The rise of the Islamic State threat prompted Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, to underscore the need to clear […]

Iraq
Syria

In the News

May 5, 2016

Stein Quoted by The International Business Times on Kilis

By Aaron Stein

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Turkey

In the News

May 5, 2016

Stein Quoted by Foreign Policy on Resignation of Turkish Prime Minister

By Aaron Stein

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Turkey

New Atlanticist

May 5, 2016

A ‘Steady March to Authoritarianism’ in Turkey

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council’s Aaron Stein says prime minister’s resignation will heighten political polarization Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu’s decision to resign following disagreements with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will heighten political polarization inside Turkey, said the Atlantic Council’s Aaron Stein. “Half the country views this as, to use their language, a palace coup. There are real […]

Turkey

In the News

May 5, 2016

Stein Quoted by Foreign Policy on US-Turkey Relationship in Syria

By Aaron Stein

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Syria
Turkey

In the News

May 5, 2016

Stein Quoted by Business Insider on the Turkish Prime Minister Resignation

By Aaron Stein

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Turkey
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Jeffrey Hovenier

Nonresident senior fellow

Europe Center

Croatian Europe & Eurasia

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Mark Mowrey

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Atlantic Council Turkey Program

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Ozgun Ozguven

Executive Business Owner, Ozguven

Millennium Leadership Program

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Yerevan Saeed

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Iraq Initiative Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

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Elliot Ackerman

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

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Defne Arslan

Senior Director

Atlantic Council Turkey Program

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