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Turkey and the US in the Middle East: Diplomacy and Discord during the Iraq Wars
Gürcan Balik
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Description for Turkey and the US in the Middle East: Diplomacy and Discord during the Iraq Wars
Hardcover. Turkey's recent foreign policy has led to fractious relations with countries in the Middle East and the US. Series: Contemporary Turkey, in Association with the British Institute at Ankara. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1FB; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Written by the former chief foreign policy advisor to the Turkish president and based on unprecedented access to official documents and communiques, this book gives the inside story of Turkish US relations from the first Gulf War, through debates on the Iraqi Kurdish question, the 2003 invasion of Iraq and into the present day. Using events in Iraq as the basis for a theoretical case study, Gurcan Balik argues that Turkey influenced US foreign policy on several key occasions, and that Turkish support was instrumental in the first intervention in Iraq. After Iraq's 1991 uprisings, however, Turkey's interests in the ... Read more
Written by the former chief foreign policy advisor to the Turkish president and based on unprecedented access to official documents and communiques, this book gives the inside story of Turkish US relations from the first Gulf War, through debates on the Iraqi Kurdish question, the 2003 invasion of Iraq and into the present day. Using events in Iraq as the basis for a theoretical case study, Gurcan Balik argues that Turkey influenced US foreign policy on several key occasions, and that Turkish support was instrumental in the first intervention in Iraq. After Iraq's 1991 uprisings, however, Turkey's interests in the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Contemporary Turkey, in Association with the British Institute at Ankara
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784531881
SKU
V9781784531881
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About Gürcan Balik
Gurcan Balik was the chief foreign policy advisor to President Abdullah Gul and has held a number of key diplomatic posts in Turkey. He recently completed a PhD in War Studies at King s College London."
Reviews for Turkey and the US in the Middle East: Diplomacy and Discord during the Iraq Wars
This excellent book provides a wealth of empirical evidence and detailed policy analysis on how the two Iraq wars have become the center of gravity in Turkish American relations in the post-Cold War era. As a scholar-practitioner who served at the commanding heights of Turkish foreign policy, Gurcan Balik, has produced an essential account for both researchers and policy makers.
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