The Role of Turkey for Establishing Peace and Stability in the Middle East

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Abstract:

Recent developments and the military, economic and political realities within the Middle-East, the former Soviet Union and the Eastern Europe, have caused Turkey to reevaluate her future. While the importance of Turkey for NATO has appeared to be lessened upon the disintegration of the Warsaw Pact, the Gulf Crisis has shown that Turkey is still an important country in the region. Immediately after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the five Central Asian Turkic Republics and Azerbaijan gave Turkey a chance to be a leader of the region. All these events and the oil-rich Gulf area have been drawing the United States and the other powerful countries attention to the region. Because of its highly important strategic location and historical integration with her neighbors, Turkey has an opportunity to be a leader country of the region. At the same time Turkey faces significant challenges and threats to the stability and peace in the region. This study will evaluate Turkeys strategic importance and her role for establishing peace and stability in the region.

Author(s):
Cobanoglu, Himmet
Author Organization(s):
ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
Descriptive Note:
Study project
Supplementary Note:
DOI: 10.21236/ADA250311
Pagination:
0051

Security Markings

DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
USAWC
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_8.2_Shape; JCA_5.3.1_Analyze Problem; JCA_4.6.1_General Engineering; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_8.2.3_Build the Capabilities and Capacities of Partners and Institutions; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_3.1_Maneuver; JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3.1.2_Maneuver to Insert; JCA_8.1_Communicate; JCA_3.2.1_Kinetic Means; JCA_8.1.1_Inform Domestic and Foreign Audiences; JCA_1.3_Human Capital Management; JCA_1.3.1_Personnel and Family Support; JCA_5.3.2_Apply Situational Understanding; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_1.4_Force Support
Modernization Areas:
Autonomy
Communities of Interest:
Weapons Technologies
Descriptor(s):
*TURKEY, *NATO, STABILITY, ECONOMICS, EASTERN EUROPE, THREATS, REGIONS, INTEGRATION, OILS, EUROPE, USSR, MIDDLE EAST
Field(s)/Group(s):
Government and Political Science, Geography
Keyword(s):
POST COLD WAR ERA
Report Date:
1992 Mar 26