Turkey

Turkey Genocide Resolution Does Unneeded Harm

By Frederick Kempe

There’s plenty of blame to go around for the most-irresponsible, self-defeating and short-sighted congressional foreign policy action of this year. Start with Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, President George W. Bush and the Turks themselves. The issue in question is last week’s decision by the House Foreign Affairs Committee […]

Turkey Is Central on World War IV’s Frontline

By Frederick Kempe

For those who argue that Sept. 11 plunged the U.S. and the West into World War IV, a long struggle against militant Islam, this has been a dark summer. Yet a Muslim-oriented party’s sweeping parliamentary victory in democratic Turkey provides hope in a strategic place, provided Europe, the U.S. and the Turks themselves don’t squander […]

Turkey on the Threshold: Europe’s Decision and U.S. Interests

In December 2004, the European Union will decide whether or not to begin accession negotiations with Turkey. Whatever the outcome, the implications for U.S.-Turkish relations and U.S.-EU relations — indeed, for transatlantic relations generally — will be significant. The challenges for U.S. policy both before and after the EU decision are correspondingly important. Download the […]