In such an environment, the prospects of involving Turkey in any cooperative efforts to increase regional security might seem bleak. However, this report argues that Turkey can still be a valuable and effective partner in certain areas. First, it discusses how the end of the Cold War brought to the fore the dissonance between NATO’s grand strategy and Turkey’s security concerns. Then, it examines
... [Show full abstract] the neo-Ottomanist turn in Turkish foreign policy, arguing that it was motivated primarily by security concerns and not by economic or identity-based consideration. It then identifies three areas for cooperation: preserving the territorial integrity of Iraq and Syria, combating PKK and Islamic State terrorism, and resolving the refugee crisis.
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