Turkish-American Relations

Mustafa Aydin is Associate Professor of International Relations at Ankara University and the Turkish National Security Academy. He was research fellow at the Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan; UNESCO Fellow at the Richardson Institute for Peace Studies, Lancaster University; and Fulbright Scholar at the John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.Cagri Erhan is Associate Professor of Diplomatic History, and Deputy Director of the European Research Centre at Ankara University. He has been granted fellowships by the Turkish Academy of Sciences, Tel Aviv University and the Tokyo Foundation.

• Introduction Part I: Historical Record and Bilateral Relations During the Cold War 1. Main Trends in Ottoman-American Relations 2. Missionaries and the American Image of the Turks 3. Archaeology and Diplomacy in the Republic of Turkey, 1919-36 4. Turkish-American Relations Since the Truman Doctrine Part II: Post-Cold War Relations 5. Turkish-American Relations in the Post-Cold War Era: Issues of Convergence and Divergence 6. Turkey, the US and Greece: Systemic Uncertainties and Regional Prospects 7. US Policy on Caspian Oil and Its Implications for Turkish-American Relations 8. Turkish-American Security Relations: The Middle East Dimension 9. Impact of Lobbies on Turkish-American Relations Part III: Looking to the Future 10. Thinking About the Future: Turkey, the US and the World 11. The Shape of Thing to Come? Defining US Foreign Policy on Turkey after 2001 Conclusion