The Cleveland Council on World Affairs presents:
Understanding the New Turkey – and What it Means for the U.S. and Europe
featuring
Ian Lesser, Senior Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund
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In the current, highly-animated Turkish debate, the only sure point of agreement is that Turkey is changing, and changing rapidly. There can be few countries where the gap between established images and the actual extent of change is so pronounced. Uneasiness prevails on all sides as observers look back with nostalgia to more certain times in Turkish domestic and foreign policy—or press for an acceleration of change. The new look in Turkish policy will compel Turkey and its transatlantic partners to think in new ways about what is “strategic,” what is “tactical,” and the implications of an increasingly ambitious, affinity-based approach to regional relationships.
Ian O. Lesser is Senior Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States in Washington, D.C. Dr. Lesser has served as a Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and VP and Director of Studies at the Pacific Council on International Policy. He came to the Pacific Council from RAND, where he spent over a decade as a senior analyst and research manager specializing in strategic studies. From 1994-1995, he was a member of the Secretary’s Policy Planning Staff at the U.S. Department of State, responsible for Turkey, Southern Europe, North Africa, and the multilateral track of the Middle East peace process. A frequent commentator for international media, he has written extensively on international security issues and has published numerous books and policy reports including Beyond Suspicion: Rethinking US-Turkish Relations (2008).
Dr. Lesser will bring his expertise to this lively discussion of the new paradigm for Turkey, the U.S. and Europe.
February 24th, 2010
6:00 reception
6:30 lecture
The Union Club
1211 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Oh 44115
Price: $25 members
$35 non-members
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