BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 446, April 18, 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The referendum victory of April 16, 2017, which gave Recep Tayyip Erdoğan unchecked powers, has left Turkey bitterly polarized. Fresh rounds of political tensions are likely in a country …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 443, April 7, 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Since 2004, Turkey has descended from winning accession talks with the EU to the “sick man of European democracy.” President Erdoğan, in his efforts to consolidate his conservative and …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 431, March 22, 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The rising tide of an aggressive blend of nationalism and Islamism might be prompting Ankara to pursue its own WMDs, and its preference appears to be long-range missiles. As …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 424, March 14, 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Turkey, a NATO ally, may be on the brink of purchasing an air defense system from Russia. If the Turks place that weaponry on their soil, they will no …
