TURKEY AND THE UNITED STATES: EASING RELATIONS, UNCERTAIN FUTURE JUNE 5, 2009 By Tülin DALOÐLU ISSUED BY ISDP, TURKEY ANALYIST
The relationship between the United States and Turkey has traditionally relied heavily on military cooperation. However, President Barack Obama’s April trip to Turkey created an impetus to build a stronger economic connection – provided that businesses find a profitable incentive to work together. But the most significant step toward “normalizing” relations between the countries came when the U.S. recognized that the separatist Kurdish organization PKK poses a threat not only to Turkey but also to America, and Iraq, as well. It was a step destined to ease the tension that has characterized, even poisoned the U.S.-Turkish relationship since the invasion of Iraq.detail >
CONFLICT OF INTANGIBLES 12 SEPTEMBER 2006 By Siddhartha S.Bhadrakumar
The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling against the detention of terrorists and combatants in Guantanamo Bay, represents on closer scrutiny in the light of previous judgments, a ‘storm in a teacup’. What exactly the judgment is about and what it entails is what this paper seeks to consider.detail >
TURKISH – AMERICAN RELATIONS 13 DECEMBER 2005 By Umut ARIK
Today there are those who believe that the Turkish-American relations are no longer strategic. To accept these doubts at face value would be a fatal error. To say the least, Turkey and the US are conjointly interested in vital strategic areas of international intcr-action.detail >
GLOBAL TERRORISM AND CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS 15 APRIL 2005 By Sinem SONUVAR
With the end of Cold War and collapse of Soviet Union the conflict between the two major ideologies was eliminated. Following this historical event several theories predicting the future world politics were declared. According to Fukuyama, the winner of the war was Liberalism. So that Socialism was defeated and from now on the dominant ideology would be Liberalism. Another theory that was declared was the idea of “clash of civilization” by Samuel Huntington. Nevertheless, what I am going to focus now is the claim of Huntington- clash of civilizations.detail >
