Turkey-US Relations Amid Global Turmoil: Rules-Based Multilateralism or Flexible Alliance?

The Atlanta Council on International Relations, together with the Georgia State University CIBER and Global Atlanta is honored to host at the Capital City Club (downtown) January 13: Professor Fuat Keyman, “Turkey-US Relations Amid Global Turmoil: Rules-Based Multilateralism or Flexible Alliance?”

Turkey’s relations with the European Union have been problematical for many years. In more recent years, relations between the United States and Turkey also have become increasingly frayed. The American invasion of Iraq and its support for the granting of a Kurdish autonomous state in northern Iraq; American support for the mostly Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in its fight against the Islamic State in Syria; Turkey’s purchase of the Russian S-400 surface-to-air (SAM) missile defense system and America’s subsequent refusal to honor sales of the F-35 fighter; and Increasing perceptions of authoritarian rule in Turkey has left an open question as to the where and the how of Turkey’s status with the United States and the West. What appear to be valid criticisms on both sides of the divide have left only one nation in a position to exploit the growing fracture and Putin is expected to increase his newfound advantage in the coming new year.

Come listen to a discussion on their potential impact of these and other issues of on-going relations between Turkey and the United States, multilateralism, and the NATO Alliance.

About Professsor Keyman

Fuat Keyman is Director of Istanbul Policy Center and Professor of International Relations at Sabanci University. He is a leading Turkish political scientist and an expert on democratization, globalization, international relations, Turkey-EU relations, Turkish foreign policy, and civil society development. He is author and editor of nearly thirty books; published numerous articles in prestigious, peer-reviewed international journals, and columns in various newspapers. He is a member of the Science Academy. In 2013, Professor Keyman was awarded the Strategic Vision Owner of the Scientific People Award within the scope of the 7th Tasam Strategic Vision Awards.

He has worked as a member on the Council of Wise People as part of the peace process to the Kurdish issue. He also serves on the advisory and editorial boards for a number of respected international and national organizations, as well as for academic journals. Prior to joining Sabanci University, Keyman taught at KoçUniversity and Bilkent University, and was a visiting Professor at Carleton University.He holds post-doctoral fellowships from Wellesley College and Harvard University. He has received numerous prestigious grants from the EU Framework Programme and the Scientific and Technical Research Council. Furthermore, he has been the research director for various projects such as Peter Berger and Samuel Huntington’s Many Globalizations, CIVICUS, and Mapping Civil Society in Turkey.

Keyman has conducted the first extensive research project and written copiously on the political and social trends in Turkey, urban transformation, and living together in Anatolian cities. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Carleton University, and completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey.

YOU MUST REGISTER TO ATTEND.
Registration fee includes a 3-course luncheon.
The Luncheon/Discussion will take place in the Ballroom.