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Under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey is a growing power with ambitions that are challenging international order regionally and globally. What are those aspirations, what are the difficulties for Turkey, and what are the options for the United States?
Former U.S. ambassador to Turkey, W. Robert Pearson, presented analysis and thoughts on this critical relationship at the first DUCIGS/Rethinking Diplomacy Program webinar of 2021. Michael Schoenfeld (Vice President for Public Affairs & Government Relations at Duke University) moderated the discussion.
This event was co-sponsored by the Duke Center for International and Global Studies (DUCIGS) and Duke in DC.
Learn more about DUCIGS' Rethinking Diplomacy Program: https://igs.duke.edu/series/rethinking-diplomacy
Under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey is a growing power with ambitions that are challenging international order regionally and globally. What are those aspirations, what are the difficulties for Turkey, and what are the options for the United States?
Former U.S. ambassador to Turkey, W. Robert Pearson, presented analysis and thoughts on this critical relationship at the first DUCIGS/Rethinking Diplomacy Program webinar of 2021. Michael Schoenfeld (Vice President for Public Affairs & Government Relations at Duke University) moderated the discussion.
This event was co-sponsored by the Duke Center for International and Global Studies (DUCIGS) and Duke in DC.
Learn more about DUCIGS' Rethinking Diplomacy Program: https://igs.duke.edu/series/rethinking-diplomacy










