Bulent Aliriza

Bulent Aliriza had been the founding director of the Turkey Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC, since 1994. He has lectured widely in the United States, Europe, and Turkey and is a frequent media commentator on Turkish foreign policy and domestic politics. Prior to joining CSIS, Aliriza was a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He had previously served as a Turkish Cypriot diplomat in New York and Washington. He has a B.Sc. in international relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a doctorate in diplomatic history from the University of Oxford.
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Idlib Test for Erdogan-Putin Relationship
Commentary by Bulent Aliriza — February 28, 2020
Libya Conflict
Podcast Episode by Bob Schieffer , H. Andrew Schwartz , and Bulent Aliriza — February 10, 2020

Erdogan's Libyan Gambit
Commentary by Bulent Aliriza and Zeynep Yekeler — January 24, 2020
Erdogan and Trump at the NATO Summit: Another Display of Solidarity
Commentary by Bulent Aliriza — December 5, 2019
Trump-Erdogan Meeting: Abiding Friendship, Continuing Problems
Commentary by Bulent Aliriza — November 15, 2019
Congress Rebukes Erdogan, Defies Trump
Critical Questions by Bulent Aliriza — October 30, 2019
U.S. Troop Pullout of Syria
Podcast Episode by Bob Schieffer , H. Andrew Schwartz , and Bulent Aliriza — October 8, 2019

U.S.-Turkey Relations: Summer Doldrums, Autumn Storms?
Commentary by Bulent Aliriza — August 29, 2019
Trump-Erdogan Meeting at the G20: End of the S-400 Crisis?
Commentary by Bulent Aliriza — July 3, 2019
Erdogan Loses Istanbul: Reasons and Implications
Commentary by Bulent Aliriza and Zeynep Yekeler — June 25, 2019