TY - GEN 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. AB - 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. T1 - Troubled partnershipU.S.-Turkish relations in an era of global geopolitical change / DA - 2010. CY - Santa Monica, CA : AU - Larrabee, F. Stephen. CN - E183.8.T8 PB - RAND, PP - Santa Monica, CA : PY - 2010. N1 - "Prepared for the United States Air Force." N1 - "RAND Project Air Force." ID - 418788 KW - National security KW - National security KW - World politics KW - Geopolitics. TI - Troubled partnershipU.S.-Turkish relations in an era of global geopolitical change / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/usiricelib/Doc?id=10425085 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/usiricelib/Doc?id=10425085 ER -