Turkish-Iranian Rapprochement and the Future of European and Asian Energy

Issue Brief (Atlantic Council – Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center) April 2014

By Pinar Dost-Niyego & Orhan Taner *

In a new issue brief, “Turkish-Iranian Rapprochement and the Future of European and Asian Energy,” Pinar Dost-Niyego and Orhan Taner of the Atlantic Council’s Turkey office outline how Turkey and Iran’s developing relationship is a key consideration in analyses of European and Asian energy security. They argue Turkish-Iranian relations, in which energy plays an important role, should be seen in the context of EU energy needs and dynamic US energy interests. The evolution of the Iranian-Turkish relationship has implications for nuclear discussions and sanctions against Iran, the US withdrawal from the Middle East, American shale gas development, and the US foreign policy “pivot to Asia.”

* Pinar Dost-Niyego is the assistant director of the Atlantic Council’s Turkey office and the Atlantic Council Energy and Economic Summit. Orhan Taner is the director of the Atlantic Council’s Turkey office and the Atlantic Council Energ y and Economic Summit.

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