Turkish-U.S. Relations: The Way Forward

German Marshall Fund of the United States, January 15, 2013, 4 p.

Bülent Aras *

Turkish-U.S. relations are treated with care in Washington and Ankara, and both consider this relationship complementary on a wide range of issues. The administrations in Turkey and the United States employ a new geopolitical thinking and project new roles in a changing international order. Their ability to create a solid cooperation agenda will also validate their foreign policy visions. To a large extent, the way forward will depend on whether the two administrations will manage to offer something new in this direction.

* Bülent Aras has been the chairman of the Foreign Ministry’s Strategic Research Center since November 2010. He is currently a visiting fellow with Wilson Center. He is also an academic advisor to the minister of foreign affairs.

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