Realpolitik with a Twist: The United States and Greek-Turkish Relations
Realpolitik with a Twist: The United States and Greek-Turkish Relations

Author(s): Ekavi Athanassopoulou
Subject(s): Political history, Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Realpolitik; Twist; The United States; Greek-Turkish; Relations;
Summary/Abstract: The long-standing tension between the two North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies, Greece and Turkey, and their recurrent spats has often made them the subject of Western diplomatic and political attention. There are three external actors, the United States, NATO and the EU which have been particularly interested in Greek-Turkish relations and the security situation in the eastern Mediterranean. Of these three parties NATO has had the least significant role to play, while between the United States and the EU the former has the longer period of involvement in this part of the world and today continues to play a major, though arguably, less committed role. This paper examines the overall US response to the turbulence between its two allies since the 1950s by placing it within the larger context of US foreign policy.

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