Turkey’s Eurofighter stopgap: The best available, not the best possible

Report Sep 13, 2024

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

By Atlantic Council Turkey Programs

In the political sphere, the interests of Turkey and the West in the Black Sea largely overlap.
Defense Industry Defense Technologies
Turkey’s Eurofighter stopgap: The best available, not the best possible

TURKEYSource Aug 28, 2024

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

By 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.
Conflict Europe & Eurasia
Turkey’s Eurofighter stopgap: The best available, not the best possible

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.
Defense Industry Defense Policy

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TURKEYSource

Nov 10, 2025

Turkey’s Eurofighter stopgap: The best available, not the best possible

By Can Kasapoğlu

Turkey’s Eurofighter Typhoon procurement offers air superiority and could lead to deeper intra-NATO cooperation.

Defense Technologies Europe & Eurasia

TURKEYSource

Oct 28, 2025

Working within a ‘Central Asia Quartet’ can strengthen US ties in the region. The foundations for it have already been laid.

By Kiran Baez

To strengthen their ties to Central Asia, the United States, Turkey, Japan, and South Korea should work together on their engagement with the region.

Central Asia Geopolitics & Energy Security

TURKEYSource

Oct 23, 2025

Why institutionalizing space diplomacy should be a pillar of Turkey’s grand strategy

By Elif Yüksel

With its growing visibility in the global space community, Turkey needs to adopt a diplomatic strategy to match its ambitions.

Europe & Eurasia Space

Report

Oct 23, 2025

Why Washington should pay attention to Turkey’s presence in Central Asia

By Kiran Baez

Understanding Turkey's presence in Central Asia its implication for US foreign policy objectives in the region.

Central Asia European Union

TURKEYSource

Oct 9, 2025

How energy and trade are redefining US–Turkey regional cooperation

By Pınar Dost

As Ankara and Washington are recalibrating their energy and trade strategies, a new model of US–Turkey cooperation is emerging.

Economy & Business Energy & Environment

MENASource

Oct 3, 2025

US, Italy, and Turkey alignment could push the needle in Libya

By Frank Talbot and Karim Mezran

The US, Italy and Turkey can—through balanced diplomacy—reinforce the economic opportunities presented by institutional unification in Libya.

Italy Libya

Report

Sep 30, 2025

Turkey in the changing transatlantic trade environment

By Charles Lichfield

Exploring Turkey's position in the changing global trade order and analysis of the opportunities and challenges facing the country.

Economy & Business European Union

MENASource

Sep 30, 2025

Is the Baghdad-Erbil oil deal a blueprint for settlement—or a stopgap? 

By Victoria J. Taylor , Yerevan Saeed

Whether the oil deal will be a tactical stopgap or a step towards permanent settlement will become known after the Iraq's elections and the year's end.

Energy Markets & Governance Geopolitics & Energy Security

In the News

Sep 26, 2025

Pınar Dost joins Turkiye Today to discuss the Erdoğan-Trump meeting at the White House
Europe & Eurasia Middle East

New Atlanticist

Sep 25, 2025

Experts react: What’s next for US-Turkey ties after Erdoğan’s White House visit? 

By Atlantic Council experts

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with US President Donald Trump on Thursday, marking the Turkish leader’s first White House visit in six years.

Defense Policy Economy & Business
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Experts

Fellow

Jeffrey Hovenier

Nonresident senior fellow

Europe Center

Croatian Europe & Eurasia

Fellow

Mark Mowrey

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Atlantic Council Turkey Program

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

Executive Leadership Intensive participant

Ozgun Ozguven

Executive Business Owner, Ozguven

Millennium Leadership Program

Civil Society International Markets

Fellow

Yerevan Saeed

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Iraq Initiative Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic Energy & Environment

Fellow

Elliot Ackerman

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Afghanistan Defense Policy

Expert

Defne Arslan

Senior Director, Atlantic Council In Turkey

Atlantic Council Turkey Program

Economy & Business Energy & Environment
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Public Event Thu, November 20, 2025 • 10:00 am ET

Turkish presence in Central Asia and its implications for US policy
Central Asia Europe & Eurasia NATO NATO Partnerships