A changing Turkey : challenges to Europe and the United States /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kramer, Heinz
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2000]
Subjects:	Turkey > Politics and government > 20th century. Turkey > Foreign relations > Europe. Turkey > Foreign relations > United States.

Table of Contents:

Part One. The erosion of the Kemalist model. 1. The Kemalist model of shaping politics and society
2. The awakening of society: between tradition and modernity
3. The slow adaptation of the political system
4. The myth of national homogeneity and the "Kurdish reality"
5. The revival of political Islam
6. Toward a new sociopolitical synthesis. Part Two. Turkish foreign and security policy after the Cold War. 7. Central Asia and the Caspian Basin: energy, business, and kinship
8. The Middle East: between involvement and active engagement
9. The Balkans: old challenges, new opportunities
10. Relations with Greece and the Cyprus problem
11. Europe: still the "desired land"?
12. Turkey in the Western security system: asset or liability?. Part Three. European and American policy toward Turkey. 13. The current situation: policies, motives and limitations
14. The challenge: anchoring Turkey in the West.