Reviewing Post-Election Strategy: What is New? What is Not?
Vol. 2 No. 1 - Spring 2003

Starting Over: US-Turkish Relations in the Post-Iraq War Era, Spring 2003Thursday, June 5, 2003
During the nineties, Turks and Americans found they had become more, not less important to one another than during the Cold War, and declared themselves "strategic partners."  The meaning of that phrase was changing even before George Bush decided...

• Mark Parris

The AKP's Foreign Policy: Learning it in the Hard Way, Spring 2003Thursday, June 5, 2003
Turkey is the center of international attention once again for a host of reasons which have to do with her geo-strategic location, and the unique fact that she has a secular parliamentary democracy despite being a predominantly Islamic country. The...

• Semih İdiz

One Calorie Islam: Turkey's Light Muslims and the West, Spring 2003Thursday, June 5, 2003
After a long period characterized by close collaboration between the U.S. and Turkey, Turkey became a reluctant ally when the fight was taken to Bagdad. Turkey’s hesitance did not stem from its sympathy for Saddam or any doubt regarding its...

• Sean Michael Cox

Reluctant Ally, Spring 2003Thursday, June 5, 2003
After a long period characterized by close collaboration between the US and Turkey, Turkey became a reluctant ally when the fight was taken to Bagdad. Turkey’s hesitance did not stem from its sympathy for Saddam or any doubt regarding its...

• Mensur Akgün

A Sea of Change: Civil Society and Turkish Politics, Spring 2003Thursday, June 5, 2003
For a long time Turkey has been administrated by a political triangle,  where a few people at the top of the triangle were the agenda-setters and the decision makers. Media and business interests were basically in line with this philosophy and...

• Kemal Köprülü

Benchmarking the New Government, Spring 2003Thursday, June 5, 2003
The most remarkable feature of the November elections was the decisive victory of the AKP, a party associated with Islamist politics. The second distinguishing feature was the restoration of a bipolar political system, in other words the emergence...

• Kaan Durukan

The New Government and the Economy : What is in Store?, Spring 2003Thursday, June 5, 2003
  The new Turkish government took office in  November 2002. The Justice and Development Party (AKP) won the November elections and established a single-party government. Although it has Islamic roots, the party can be classified as a...

• Veyis Fertekligil

A Review of Possible Economic Developments: What are AKP's Plans?, Spring 2003Thursday, June 5, 2003
  The new government formed after the elections was received positively both in financial markets and business circles. During the first five months, it can be said that the AKP government has made significant progress on most of the points...

• Ümit Kumcuoğlu

Possible Transformations of Collective Security Arrangements in the Post-September 11 Era, Spring 2003Thursday, June 5, 2003
This concept will be analyzed in relation to the role of identity-building in the formation of collective security arrangements. Coercion has been one of the indispensable stimulants in state building. It is evident that anything, which is...

• Hasan Ulusoy

U.S. Policy in The Black Sea Region, Spring 2003Thursday, June 5, 2003
The new Turkish government took office in  November 2002. The Justice and Development Party (AKP) won the November elections and established a single-party government. Although it has Islamic roots, the party can be classified as a center-right...

• Ross Wilson