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In the Mediterranean Sea, the nuclear submarine "Saphir" surfaces during training exercises in 2009 off Toulon, France. | Alexis Rosenfeld/Getty Images
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Securing U.S. Interests Across the Greater Mediterranean
December 16, 2020 | Donatienne Ruy

The Greater Mediterranean is a single geographic area where threats and opportunities are shared from coast to coast. Viewing it as such exposes the overall impact of instability and influence in the region on U.S. interests and the space for action.

Commentary
Turkey and NATO: A Relationship Worth Saving
December 2, 2019 The Turkey-NATO relationship is at a new low. To rebuild trust, CSIS’s Rachel Ellehuus recommends focusing on two areas of mutual interest that affect the security of the United States, Europe, and Turkey—namely the Black Sea and the Turkey-Syria border.

Commentary
Experts React: Turkey’s Intervention, U.S. Diplomacy, and the Crisis in Syria
October 18, 2019 The U.S. withdrawal from Syria has far-reaching geostrategic implications. In this analysis, CSIS scholars with a range of topical and regional expertise reflect on this decision and its impact on international affairs.

Commentary
Turkey Has No Allies in the Black Sea, Only Interests
February 13, 2018

Ankara’s long-term interest in the Black Sea region is to continue to balance Russia’s growing military posture in the Black Sea and to promote multilateral cooperation in the region.

Commentary
Before You Cut Foreign Aid to Fund Defense, Consider Where it Goes and What it Does for U.S. Troops and National Security
March 13, 2017 | Anthony H. Cordesman

Foreign aid has long been seen as the stepchild of U.S. national security. Polls show that most Americans have a grossly exaggerated picture of the size of the U.S. foreign aid effort, and no idea of where it actually goes, or what its purpose is. For many Americans, foreign...


Commentary
NATO and Russia in the Black Sea: A New Confrontation?
March 6, 2017

This commentary is the second in a series of essays on the geostrategic importance of the Black Sea. Read the first essay here and the third essay here.
With the recent completion of the NATO Sea Shield exercise and NATO defense ministers’ approval of an enhanced...


Commentary
The Geostrategic Importance of the Black Sea Region: A Brief History
February 2, 2017

This Commentary is the first in a series of essays that will examine the strategic significance of the Black Sea region to the United States and NATO. Read the second essay here and the third essay here.

Commentary
The Executive Order on Immigration and Refugees: Playing into the Hands of Fear, Prejudice, ISIS, and al Qaeda
January 30, 2017 | Anthony H. Cordesman

There is a very real case for taking violent Islamic extremism far more seriously as a global threat, and for taking stronger measures to fight it. The United States was far too slow to react to the threat that ISIS and other violent Islamist extremist movements pose in Iraq...


Commentary
Security in the Eastern Mediterranean after the Coup Attempt: Turkey’s Reckoning and Washington’s Worries
July 21, 2016

The July 15 coup attempt in Turkey has plunged Ankara into political chaos and further complicated for the United States and its partners an already intractable situation in the broader eastern Mediterranean. As leaders from the global counter-ISIL coalition meet Thursday in...


Report
The Challenge to U.S. Leadership
November 16, 2015 | James Andrew Lewis

“It has been a long and hard fight, and we have lost. This experience, unique in the history of the United States, does not signal necessarily the demise of the United States as a world power.

Newsletter
FYSA: For Your Situational Awareness l Issue 8
June 24, 2014

This month's edition of the International Security Program's electronic publication includes:


The Eastern Mediterranean: Strategic Geography Again
By Sam Brannen

Time for a New G7?
By Dave...


Newsletter
FYSA: For Your Situational Awareness l Issue 4
February 21, 2014

This month's edition of the International Security Program's electronic publication includes:

From the Director's Chair
By Kath Hicks

Managing Turkey Ties in Tough Times
By Sam Brannen


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