Beyond the “Broader West” Debate: What Will Turkey Stand for?

German Marshall Fund of the United States, June 14, 2012, 4 p.

by Emiliano Alessandri *

Turkey is depicted as key to the coming together of an enlarged West, capable of confronting the challenges from the East. Discussions involving Turkey should move beyond the narrow confines of the “broader West” debate to focus on some of the critical issues that will confront Turkey in the coming years. And while horizontal maps are still of great relevance, the reality of a fast globalizing world calls for a greater understanding of international dynamics, including as concerns definitions of “the West.”

* Emiliano Alessandri is a Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States based in Washington, DC.

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