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U.S.A and Turkey Diplomatic Relations
Events between the U.S. And Turkey since the End of Cold War
Gary E. Oldenburg has it that the cold war ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991. Various things have happened between Turkey and the U.S. since the end of this war bearing in mind that the first contests of the cold war were in Turkey, Greece and Iran.
Ceren Mutus (2011) notes that the eruption of the gulf war after the cold war served to strengthen the relations between Turkey and the U.S. unlike what people anticipated. More so the Clinton administration's support for the Turkish IMF debt guarantees was another event after the cold war between the U.S. And Turkey as registered by Turkish weekly (25th August 2011)
US's support for Turkeys EU membership is also another event between Turkey and the U.S.U.S. has been strongly advocating for Turkish membership in the EU. In addition to this there has been another event according to Ceren Mutus (2011), the capture of PKK leader Ocalan in cooperation with the U.S. is also an event that is worth noting since the end of cold war.
The eruption of Iraq war in 2003 is an event that is deemed to have contributed largely to fading strong relationships between Turkey and America and the resultant strains between the two countries. This is widely viewed so due to Turkey's opposing the establishment of an independent Kurdish state in northern Iraq it was an opposition to the U.S. interference and interest as well as stand in the region as the U.S.A. was for the formation of the independent state.
The tension was further heightened by the rejection of the request to use Turkish territory as a transition ground for the U.S.A. soldiers entering Iraq. This was informed by the fact that Turkish parliament never saw Saddam Hussein as a significant threat to the Ankara people, as well as the heavy economic losses that Turkey was left with after the first Gulf War (Spencer P.B. & Brian K. 2008).
In 1997, Cooperation between the two countries was formulated in five topics that included; energy, economy, trade, regional cooperation, Cyprus and the defense and security cooperation according to Turkey MFA (2011). This was an act of showing that the U.S. had realized it still needed Turkey despite the end of the cold war. The two nations willingly agreed to support one another in the specified issues so as to enhance the development of the two nations. In 1999 they took it a step further by officially declaring themselves as strategic partners which meant that they were now multi-dimensional cooperation in a wide range of topics and regions, Thomas Friedman (2011).
The Current Relationship between USA and Turkey
The current relationship between Turkey and U.S. is not strong. Actually the Turkish Weekly Journal (25 August 2011) terms it as a fading one. The journal goes ahead to say that Turkey has since gone to the extent of distancing itself from the west and has gotten alternative partnerships like with Russia and Syria. However Ceren Mutus (2011) says that despite the current kind of relationship that exists between Turkey and the U.S., Turkey remains an indispensable partner which calls for concrete suggestion to revitalize the relationship.
The Current USA Diplomatic Approach to Iran
Bruce Crumley (2008) has it that U.S. have resolved to use a diplomatic policy towards Iran as a result of the long time defiant nature of Iran to comply with UN demands. He records that in 2008 the presidential candidates vowed to deploy a diplomatic policy towards…
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Bruce C. & Tony K., (2008). Changing the Conventional Wisdom about Iran. Retrieved August
25, 2011 from http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1847342,00.html
Ceren Mutus, (2011). Winning Turkey: How America, Europe, and Turkey Can Revive a Fading
Partnership. Retrieved August 25, 2011 from http://www.turkishweekly.net/book/51/winning-turkey-how-america-europe-and-turkey-can-revive-a-fading-partnership.html
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