{"product_id":"winning-turkey-how-america-europe-and-turkey-can-revive-a-fading-partnership-paperback","title":"Winning Turkey: How America, Europe, and Turkey Can Revive a Fading Partnership - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhilip H. Gordon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eOmer Taspinar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSoli Ozel\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTurkey has always been a crossroads: the point where East meets West, Europe meets Asia, and Christianity meets Islam. Turkey has also been a close and important American ally, but a series of converging political and strategic factors have now endangered its longstanding Western and democratic orientation. In Winning Turkey, two leading analysts explain this worrisome situation and present a plan for improving it. The stakes are clear. Turkey is the most advanced democracy in the Islamic world, bordering a number of the world's hotspots, including Iraq, Iran, and the Caucasus. It occupies the corridor between Western markets and Caspian Sea energy reserves. A stable, Western-oriented Turkey moving toward EU membership would provide a growing market for exports, a source of needed labor, a positive influence on the Middle East, and an ally in the war on terror. The picture has darkened, however, as rising anti-Americanism, deflated hopes for EU accession, civil-military tensions, and terrorist threats have destabilized an already volatile Turkish political system. Wi \u003ci\u003enning Turkey d\u003c\/i\u003eesigns a plan to ease tensions in this critical part of the world. In addition to proposing a \"\"grand bargain\"\" between Turkey and the Kurds, it advocates greater support for increased liberalism and democracy, a renewed commitment by both Europe and Turkey to promote EU membership, a historic compromise with Armenia, and greater Western engagement with Turkish Cypriots.\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip H. Gordon\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and former director for European Affairs at the National Security Council. His books include \u003ci\u003eWinning the Right War: The Path to Security for America and the World\u003c\/i\u003e (Times Books, 2007) and \u003ci\u003eAllies at War: America, Europe, and the Crisis over Iraq\u003c\/i\u003e (McGraw Hill, 2004). \u003cb\u003eÖmer Taspinar\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of national security studies at the National War College as well as the director of the Turkey Project and a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eKurdish Nationalism and Political Islam in Turkey\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2005). \u003cb\u003eSoli Ozel\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of international relations at Bigli University in Istanbul and a columnist for the Turkish daily \u003ci\u003eSabah\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 126\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 29, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773250896160,"sku":"9780815732150","price":50.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7f9ec970d3d3e3d174390f7bae5c79fc_9c3eb36f-a9c7-423c-b007-897ec0259244.webp?v=1780423189","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/winning-turkey-how-america-europe-and-turkey-can-revive-a-fading-partnership-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}