Ricciardone on Turkish Role in Syria: We Had to “Agree to Disagree”

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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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Ricciardone on Turkish Role in Syria: We Had to “Agree to Disagree”

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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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Europe & Eurasia

Ricciardone on Turkish Role in Syria: We Had to “Agree to Disagree”

Issue Brief
Jul 8, 2024

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

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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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Sep 12, 2014

Ricciardone on Turkish Role in Syria: We Had to “Agree to Disagree”

By Francis Ricciardone

Reuters quotes VP and Rafik Hariri Center Director Francis Ricciardone on Turkish support of extremist organizations in Syria: 

Syria Turkey

In the News

Sep 12, 2014

Ricciardone on Turkish Stance on Islamist Groups in Syria

By Francis Ricciardone

The Telegraph quotes VP and Hariri Center Director Francis Ricciardone on the Turkish government’s stance on various Islamist groups: 

Turkey

In the News

Sep 11, 2014

Ricciardone on US Policy for Combating ISIS

By Francis Ricciardone

National Defense Magazine cites the Atlantic Council for hosting a conference call on the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham and quotes VP and Rafik Hariri Center Director Francis Ricciardone:

Turkey
Dutch Patriot battery in Adana, Turkey, Jan. 26, 2013

NATOSource

Aug 27, 2014

Netherlands to Withdraw Patriot Batteries from Turkey

By Reuters and Today's Zaman

From Thomas Escritt, Reuters:  The Netherlands will end its contribution to NATO’s deployment of Patriot anti-ballistic missile systems in Turkey at the end of January, the government said on Monday.

Missile Defense NATO

New Atlanticist

Aug 11, 2014

Erdoğan Victory Will Extend Turkey’s Polarization, Tension with US

By Ross Wilson

Turkish Opposition Fails to Coalesce Around a Message and a Leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s widely-expected election to the presidency of Turkey won’t herald major changes in Turkey’s domestic or foreign policies, or in US-Turkish relations – at least in the short term. Polarization, an increasingly predominant characteristic of Turkey’s politics for at least seven years, […]

Elections Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Aug 8, 2014

Turkey Votes Whether to Give Erdoğan the Keys to the Constitution

By Leyla Kravitz

A Prime Minister Aims to Become President, and Then Concentrate Power in His New Job ISTANBUL — Turkey’s voters are likely this month to elect Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to a new job as the country’s president, putting him on a path to re-write the constitution and forge a more centralized, presidential government. After […]

Elections Europe & Eurasia
The Presidents of the three Baltic States, Nov. 6, 2013

NATOSource

Aug 6, 2014

Which Members Oppose Greater NATO Military Presence in Eastern Allies?

By Editors of the Financial Times

The obvious answer is for Nato to bolster its military presence in the east, thereby signalling to Moscow that an attack there would indeed be treated as an attack on the whole alliance.

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Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, Oct., 11, 2013

Europe After The Vote

Aug 1, 2014

Special Summit Series: Greece and NATO

By Constantine A. Pagedas

Within its first few years of existence, NATO experienced its initial wave of expansion in 1952 when Greece and Turkey joined the alliance.

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Jan. 18. 2012

NATOSource

Jul 28, 2014

Special Summit Series: Turkey and NATO

By Ross Wilson

Turkey’s new head of state will participate in the NATO Wales Summit just a few weeks after the country’s first-ever popular vote for president.

Economy & Business Iraq
Minnesota National Guardmembers and Croatian soldiers training, May 25, 2010

NATOSource

Jun 30, 2014

It’s Time for NATO to Get Involved in Syria and Iraq

By James Stavridis, Foreign Policy

As ISIS consolidates its position across the Syrian and Iraqi divide, NATO must realize that it is only a matter of time before a wave of EU-passport-bearing jihadists will be headed back home to wreak havoc.

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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 in Turkey

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Elliot Ackerman

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Afghanistan Defense Policy

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Defne Arslan

Senior Director, Atlantic Council In Turkey

Atlantic Council in Turkey

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Ilker Baburoglu

CEO, MedTrade Energy & Commodities

Millennium Leadership Program

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Dimitar Bechev

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Europe Center

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