Why Turkey is Moving Away from US?
In the article “Countering Turkey’s Strategic Drift”, well-known American experts on Europe and the Middle East Ariel Cohen, Sally McNamara and James Phillips attempt to analyze the reasons for changes in Turkish policy and give recommendations to the US government on how to resolve the contradictions. Their position is quite balanced and, in general, coincides with the views of the American political establishment. In their opinion, Turkey’s political slide away from the US is taking place for the most part for the following reasons: – Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Turkey no longer needs US protection from the Soviet threat – Ankara’s change of political direction is obviously linked with the EU’s refusal to accept Turkey as a full member – Turkey is undergoing a “creeping Islamization,” which is negatively affecting its foreign policy The authors are partially correct in their reasoning about changes in Turkey. However, I would not overemphasize the role of the “Soviet
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