Problems experienced by Europe stem from 'strategic blindness' as 'the extent of the military deficiency and the current ...

Despite a push for rapprochement, Athens displays increasing unease with Ankara’s growing diplomatic influence in Europe and ...

Carl Bildt, former prime minister of Sweden and co-chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations ... relationship and stable relationship with Turkey. It's a significant EU strategic actor.

Turkey’s recent policies in Syria are emblematic of the way a middle power can exert influence in its region, sometimes outmaneuvering seemingly stronger players. Throughout Syria’s civil war, which ...

N ato has reportedly called on the EU and Turkey to improve their relations given Donald Trump’s move to deprioritise the US role in the security of Europe. The US president’s downgrading of ...

The stalled accession process is no longer viable. A pragmatic pivot towards an interest-driven cooperation model is required Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the Meeting of ...

At the strategic level, there have recently been some positive steps in Turkey–European relations. In October, Berlin approved a large-scale package of arms exports to Ankara, including materials for ...

That was the message MEPs sent when they voted on a report about Turkey's EU accession process on May 7 in Strasbourg. Amid a crackdown on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's political rivals as ...

That dialogue of the deaf meant that Turkey’s accession talks with the EU, which stalled almost as soon as they started, in 2005, were doomed from the outset. Relations jumped tracks in 2016 ...

If Europe becomes increasingly dependent on Turkey, what happens if Moscow offers Ankara a more favorable deal? Moreover, Turkey’s ability to balance relations between the West and Russia gives ...

CEPS) says that relations between Ankara and the EU are entering a renewed period of uncertainty after a brief period of euphoria following the Helsinki Summit which admitted Turkey as one of the ...