TY - BOOK AU - Larrabee,F.Stephen ED - ebrary, Inc. ED - Project Air Force (U.S.) TI - Troubled partnership: U.S.-Turkish relations in an era of global geopolitical change T2 - Rand Corporation monograph series SN - 9780833047564 (pbk.) AV - E183.8.T8 L36 2010eb U1 - 327.730561 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Santa Monica, CA PB - RAND KW - National security KW - United States KW - Turkey KW - World politics KW - 1989- KW - Geopolitics KW - Foreign relations KW - Military relations KW - Strategic aspects KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - "Prepared for the United States Air Force."; "RAND Project Air Force."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-138); The U.S.-Turkish security partnership in transition -- Iraq and the Kurdish challenge -- The broader Middle East -- Russia and Eurasia -- The European dimension -- U.S.-Turkish defense cooperation -- The domestic context -- Alternative Turkish futures -- Conclusion: Revitalizing the U.S.-Turkish relationship; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries N2 - A strong security partnership with Turkey has been an important element of U.S. policy for the last five decades. However, in the last few years, U.S.-Turkish relations have seriously deteriorated, and today they are badly in need of repair. The arrival of a new administration in Washington presents an important opportunity to put Washington's relations with Ankara on a firmer footing. Turkey plays a critical role in four areas of increasing strategic importance to the United States: the Balkans, Central Asia and the Caucasus, the Middle East, and the Persian Gulf. In each of these areas, Ankara's cooperation is vital to achieving U.S. policy objectives UR - http://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/alfaisal/Doc?id=10425085 ER -