State of Disunion: Transatlantic Relations Today

Turkey's Vision for the Transatlantic Partnership, Summer 2003Friday, September 5, 2003
Membership to EU and a genuine partnership with the United States are not alternative policies. On the contrary, we see it in the framework of our ties with the western world and will pursue both. As part of the Euro-Atlantic world, we in Turkey...

Abdullah Gül

Transatlantic Relations Today, Summer 2003Friday, September 5, 2003
The terrorist challenge as illustrated by the September 11 tragedy was new, both in its dimensions and by reason of the feeling of insecurity it caused. Confronted with this new and unknown situation, we seem to have developed diverging perceptions...

Louis Michel

Transatlantic Relations at the Start of the 21st Century, Summer 2003Friday, September 5, 2003
The cold war has not left the stage to a world of peace, harmony and universal understanding. Globalization, accelerating at a breathtaking pace over the last twenty years, has created tremendous new challenges. Transatlantic relations that were...

Kemal Derviş

Turkey and the United States: A Catalyst in the Euro-Atlantic Relationship, Summer 2003Friday, September 5, 2003
If concepts of “stability, democracy and friendship” drive U.S. policy in this vast geography from the Middle East to the Balkans and from the Caucasus to Central Asia, and if eradicating terrorism is an overriding objective for the...

O. Faruk Loğoğlu

The Middle East after Saddam and Arafat, Summer 2003Friday, September 5, 2003
In the past, America has often erred in its analysis of Middle Eastern crises. Washington’s self-confidence regarding the superiority of its democratic system, and the appropriateness of the free market concept as the economic model for the...

Alon Liel

An Empire for You! And Something for the UN?, Summer 2003Friday, September 5, 2003
The way the world’s only remaining superpower chooses to conduct itself on the world stage and project its immense power and resources on the one hand, and the readiness and propensity of its allies and partners to appreciate its true security needs...

Altay Cengizer

NATO's Future after the War in Iraq, Summer 2003Friday, September 5, 2003
Despite continued doubts about its relevance since the end of the Cold War, NATO has been constantly called upon to take on new tasks. It was instrumental in extinguishing the flames of ethnic and nationalist rivalries in the Balkans. Far from...

Osman Yavuzalp

Where do Europe's Borders End?, Summer 2003Friday, September 5, 2003
The European Union is a movement for all of Europe, even if not all European countries plan to join it. Europeanicity is one of the main criteria for joining and something one might call the “European spirit” has been its driving force...

Özdem Sanberk

Academia: Turkey's Quest for Stable Growth, Summer 2003Friday, September 5, 2003
One barrier to EU accession may be Turkey’s failure to achieve stable economic growth. In Turkey, as elsewhere, GDP growth depends heavily on the rate of productivity increase, and our studies of 11 sectors of the economy shows that it is performing...

Didem Dinçer Başer

State of Disunion: Transatlantic Relations TodayVol. 2 No. 2 - Summer 2003

State of Disunion: Transatlantic Relations Today
Vol. 2 No. 2 - Summer 2003