Turkey

Quiet before the storm: Is a new maritime security order taking shape in the Black Sea region?

By Serhat Güvenç

While Turkey and Europe have their own maritime strategies for the Black Sea, finding ways of cooperation is critical to counter Russia's maritime power.

Turkey is searching for a way out of Syria’s impasse

By Ömer Özkizilcik

Turkey has been at a standstill, which, combined with domestic political considerations, led to a reevaluation of its strategy.

What the world thinks of Trump’s return to the US presidency

By Atlantic Council experts

From Ukraine to Australia, Sweden to Singapore, Atlantic Council experts examine how people in different countries view the decisive win by President-elect Donald Trump.

To counter the Axis of Evasion, the US must tackle third-country procurement networks

By Kimberly Donovan

Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea are increasing their coordination with illicit procurement networks through third countries.

Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar offers an ‘energy transformation roadmap’

Bayraktar spoke at the Regional Conference on Clean and Secure Energy about what Turkey is doing to reach its energy goals.

Turkey and the West’s Black Sea interests converge more often than is acknowledged—opening up opportunities for cooperation

By Maryna Vorotnyuk

Turkey and the West have clear opportunities for more effective cooperation in the Black Sea, but both sides need to show will.

Dispatch from Istanbul: My week navigating the Turkish ‘swing state’

By Frederick Kempe

Discussions on the sidelines of the Atlantic Council’s recent Regional Conference on Clean and Secure Energy in Istanbul offer an important window into Turkish views of the world.