Mapping the Fault Lines in Turkey-US Relations: Making the Vulnerable Partnership

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Kilic Bugra Kanat

Mapping the Fault Lines in Turkey-US Relations

Making the Vulnerable Partnership

Kilic Bugra Kanat

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English

I.B. Tauris
27 June 2024

Comparative politics; Political leaders & leadership; Geopolitics

For the last seventy years, experts have tried to define the nature of Turkey’s partnership with the US. While Turkish-US relations have always been susceptible to different crises, they enjoyed a brief “golden era” in the 1950s. This book argues that a false nostalgia about that period - when the strategic interests of two countries fully converged - has distorted analyses by scholars and policymakers ever since. To provide a more accurate assessment, this book look at the patterns of crises between the two countries throughout history and how these relate to the current points of tension in Turkish-American relations today. It coins a new conceptual framework to understand the Turkey-US partnership: the “vulnerable partnership”. The book outlines the key causes of this vulnerability, showing that for the last 70 years, there have been recurring frictions and faultlines that have been repeated across different political periods. These especially involve the US congress, public opinion, Russia, and crises in the Middle East. Based on journalistic, archival and scholarly sources, the topic of the book is at the intersection foreign policy studies, Middle East politics, the history of Turkish-American relations, and foreign policy making.

By: Kilic Bugra Kanat
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780755650750
ISBN 10: 0755650751
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 27 June 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: Mapping the Fault Lines in Turkish-American Relations Chapter 1: The Role of Public Opinion Chapter 2: US Congressional Attitudes: A Long Running Challenge for Turkey Chapter 3: Turkey-US-Russia Triangle: Common Enemy, Realignments, Unipolarity Chapter 4: Syria as a Faultline in Turkish-American Relations Chapter 5: Fault lines in the Middle East: Iraq, Iran and Israel Epilogue

Kilic Bugra Kanat is Research Director at the SETA Foundation in Washington DC, US, and Professor of Political Science at Penn State University, Erie, US. He received the Outstanding Research Award and Council of Fellows Faculty Research Award from Penn State and has participated in the Future Leaders Program of Foreign Policy Initiative. Kanat’s writings have appeared in Foreign Policy, Insight Turkey, The Diplomat, Middle East Policy, Arab Studies Quarterly, Mediterranean Quarterly, Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, and Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. He is also a columnist at Daily Sabah and author of A Tale of Four Augusts: Obama’s Syria Policy (2016).

Reviews for Mapping the Fault Lines in Turkey-US Relations: Making the Vulnerable Partnership

"Mapping the Fault Lines is an invaluable guide to the complex relationship between the United States and Turkey. By weaving together deft interpretation of the historical roots of the relationship with keen analysis of recent developments, Kanat deepens our understanding of why the U.S.-Turkey partnership is at once resilient and durable, yet also chronically troubled. * Charles A. Kupchan, Professor, Georgetown University and Council on Foreign Relations, USA * Mapping the Fault Lines"" is a pivotal work in the study of the U.S.-Turkey relationship, an area of study which has profound and practical importance for U.S. foreign policy but which does not receive the attention it deserves. The book illuminates the intricate blend of strengths and weaknesses that characterize the complex partnership between Ankara and Washington. In an era where American leadership faces dangerous new challenges, ""Mapping the Fault Lines"" provides us with the guide we need not just to better US-Turkish relations but also to better ties with other regional powers, especially when their objectives might diverge from our own on some issues. With his exceptional expertise, insight, and background, Kilic Kanat is indisputably the most competent authority to guide us on this issue. * Michael Doran Senior Fellow and Director, Hudson Institute, USA *"