Exploring the Prospects for Russian-Turkish Cooperation in a Turbulent Neighborhood

GRF–Carnegie Moscow Center Working Group Report, September 2014

Memduh Karakullukçu &, Dmitri Trenin *, editors

Even though tensions over Ukraine will inevitably cast a shadow over the bilateral relationship, Russia and Turkey—a NATO member—continue to share a range of important interests. Indeed, there are a number of areas in which the two can work together in their common neighborhood, which stretches from the South Caucasus and the Levant to Central Asia and Afghanistan. A high-level working group on Russian-Turkish regional cooperation has sketched a forward-looking approach for Russia and Turkey in tackling regional challenges.

* Memduh Karakullukçu, vice chairman and president, Global Relations Forum (GRF), Istanbul. Dmitri Trenin, director, Carnegie Moscow Center.

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