Closing the Nuclear Trapdoor in the U.S.-Turkey “Model” Partnership Opportunities for Civil Nuclear Cooperation

Turkey Project Policy Paper (The Brookings Institution) June 17, 2013, 18 p.

Jessica C. Varnum *

In the first Turkey Project Policy Paper, Jessica Varnum examines the potential for nuclear cooperation between the United States and Turkey to enhance what President Obama has called a « model partnership. »

* Jessica C. Varnum is the Nuclear Threat Initiative Project Manager and a Research Associate at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, where she has worked since 2006. Varnum is an expert onTurkey, and regularly lectures, writes, and contributes to research and dialogue projects on U.S.-Turkey relations.

Download full text (Format Pdf)