Watch experts analyze Turkey's regional relations and broader foreign policy goals including participation in Iranian nonproliferation talks and membership in the European Union.

Listen to experts analyze Turkey's regional relations and broader foreign policy goals including participation in Iranian nonproliferation talks and membership in the European Union.

Henri J. Barkey and Hugh Pope discuss the future of the fast-changing nation of Turkey, and the implications it holds for the rest of the world.

Developed countries should embrace a stronger IMF while pressing for more equitable voting rights that would boost the institution's legitimacy, says former IMF board member Domenico Lombardi.

Watch Markos Kyprianou, Foreign Minister, Republic of Cyprus, discuss efforts in his country to forge a final resolution on the question of reunification.

Listen to Markos Kyprianou, Foreign Minister, Republic of Cyprus, discuss efforts in his country to forge a final resolution on the question of reunification.

A U.S. House panel's vote recognizing the 1915 deaths of ethnic Armenians as genocide could rupture U.S. ties with Ankara and set back Turkey's own effort to confront its past, writes CFR's Steven Cook.

Tough new measures by the Greek government to curb debt levels are likely to be welcomed by a nervous European Union, but debate persists on whether the EU will, or should, offer Greece financial assistance.

The government's expanding investigation into an alleged Turkish military plot to seize power exposes the military's declining influence as democracy gains in the country, writes CFR's Steven Cook.

New strains in the Israeli-Turkish relationship stem from Turkey's concerns over conditions in Gaza and sloppy diplomacy on both sides, says CFR's Steven A. Cook.

According to Desmond Lachman of the American Enterprise Institute, Greece is approaching the final stages of its currency arrangement. There is every prospect that within two to three years, after much official money is thrown its way, Greece's euro membership will end with a bang.

Despite improved bilateral ties between the U.S. and Turkey, there are still significant differences that need to be managed when Prime Minister Erdogan visits the White House, writes CFR's Steven Cook.

Turkey hopes to be a global power, but it has not yet become even the regional player that the ruling AKP declares it to be.

The Economist explores Turkey's new strategy of "reversing antagonism" with its Arab neighbors and puts it into the context of regional power vacuum.

In this op-ed, Stephen F. Larrabee explains why Turkey has renewed its engagement in the Middle East, suggesting that it is a result of structural changes in Turkey's security environment rather than a sign of "creeping Islamisation." 

Under the leadership of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), Turkey's foreign policy is becoming more Islamic. Can the country's history of cooperation with the West survive?

Steven Cook discusses the political instability in Turkey and its implications for peace in the Middle East.

Hugh Pope reports on how Turkey and Armenia's promise to establish diplomatic relations on August 31 could restore Turkey's "prestige" as a regional peace-maker and place the nation one step closer to European Union membership.

Bosnia was once a poster child for successful postwar reconstruction; today, it is on the verge of collapse.

Steven A. Cook examines the decline in popular support for Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's Justice and Development Party.