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Turkey

Studying Turkey’s strategic importance, mounting security challenges, and tumultuous political outlook.

Turkey has long been an ally of the United States and a critical bridge between Europe and Asia. The CSIS Turkey Project focuses exclusively on this strategically important country, which is also studied by several other CSIS programs, including the Middle East Program, the Burke Chair in Strategy, and others.

Find the latest research from our scholars and CSIS events on this region below.

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Commentary
A Kinder, Gentler Bear? Why Rumors of Russia’s Post-Soviet Retreat Are Premature
By Jeffrey Mankoff
December 17, 2020
Commentary
Getting East Med Energy Right
By Nikos Tsafos
October 26, 2020
Commentary
How NATO Can Avoid a Strategic Decoupling in the Eastern Mediterranean
By Heather A. Conley, Rachel Ellehuus
July 17, 2020

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Commentary
A Kinder, Gentler Bear? Why Rumors of Russia’s Post-Soviet Retreat Are Premature
By Jeffrey Mankoff
December 17, 2020
Interactive report
In the Mediterranean Sea, the nuclear submarine "Saphir" surfaces during training exercises in 2009 off Toulon, France. | Alexis Rosenfeld/Getty Images
Securing U.S. Interests Across the Greater Mediterranean
By Rachel Ellehuus, Donatienne Ruy
December 16, 2020
Commentary
Getting East Med Energy Right
By Nikos Tsafos
October 26, 2020
Commentary
How NATO Can Avoid a Strategic Decoupling in the Eastern Mediterranean
By Heather A. Conley, Rachel Ellehuus
July 17, 2020
Podcast Episode
China, Bilateral Trade Deals, and Tariffs on Turkish Steel
By Scott Miller, William Alan Reinsch, Jack Caporal
In The Trade Guys
July 16, 2020
Commentary
Seeking a Path to Europe, Refugees and Migrants Ultimately Turned Back by Covid-19
By Erol Yayboke, Joseph S. Bermudez Jr.
April 2, 2020
Commentary
Idlib Test for Erdogan-Putin Relationship
By Bulent Aliriza
February 28, 2020
Podcast Episode
Libya Conflict
By Bob Schieffer, H. Andrew Schwartz, Bulent Aliriza
In The Truth of the Matter
February 10, 2020
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