The Greek Current

Reevaluating the US-Turkey relationship

Episode Summary

Following recent report by the Center for American Progress that recommends that a future US administration needs to recalibrate its relations with Turkey, expert Alan Makovsky offers his thoughts on what recalibrating US relations with #Turkey could look like. Alan Makovsky discusses what the US needs to do to re-establish leverage over Turkey, and more.

Episode Notes

Following recent report by the Center for American Progress that recommends that a future US administration needs to recalibrate its relations with Turkey, expert Alan Makovsky  offers his thoughts on  what recalibrating US relations with #Turkey could look like. Alan Makovsky discusses what the US needs to do to re-establish leverage over Turkey, and more.

Alan Makovsky is a senior fellow for National Security and International Policy at the Center for American Progress, and has worked on Turkey and the Middle East in several capacities, including as a senior staff member on the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the House of Representatives and at the State Department.

You can read the articles we discuss on The Daily Roundup here:

Center for American Progress Report: Recalibrating U.S. Global Relationships

Politics of Aggression: Turkey's Foreign Policy and Its Democratic Demise

Malarkey on Eastern Mediterranean Tensions

Erdogan confirms Russian S-400 tests despite US objections

Pentagon warns Turkey of ‘serious consequences’ after S-400 testing

US wades in cautiously to Armenia-Azerbaijan peace effort

Fighting Rages Ahead Of Armenia-Azerbaijan Talks In Washington