Parameters of Partnership: The U.S. - Turkey - Europe

This volume looks into the parameters of partnership in the triangle of the U.S., Europe and Turkey. The thorough and insightful analyses are dedicated to the overlapping dimensions of new geopolitical realities, diverging psychologies and perceptions as well as specific domestic agendas and limitations. Top scholars, policy experts and key actors from the U.S., Turkey and Europe evaluate the current institutional framework in which the trilateral relationship between these three entities has emerged. Problems among these actors are examined and prospects after the Luxembourg summit of December 1997 are defined. Table of Contents: The Relations between Turkey and the EU: A Turkish Perspective • A European Perspective • Turkey and the European Union in the post-Cold War Climate • The Situation of Turks in Germany: Cultural Legacy, Legitimacy, and Idproduct in the Turkish Community of Germany • The Dialogue between Christians and Muslims in Germany • Turkey in its Surroundings: The EU and Turkey’s Eurasian Foreign Policy • Economic and Sociocultural Developments in Turkey • Turkey and the new Geoeconomics in the Black Sea Region • Components of a Future Strategy