From Zero Problems to Zero Friends?

The Past, Present, and Future of Turkey’s Role in Regional Security Cooperation

For decades, Turkey was a rarity: a secular democracy with a Muslim majority, a liberal economy, and a solid alliance with the West. It was NATO’s only Muslim-majority country and, for a brief while, the likeliest candidate to carry the same distinction as a member of the European Union (EU).Traditionally, Ankara’s foreign policy has been Western-oriented, in support of the status quo, and noninterventionist.1 

This posture was based on four principles: having reserved relations with the region, maintaining neutrality in cases of conflict, opposing attempts to revise the status quo, and isolating Turkey’s regional policies from its relations with the great powers.2 Even though Turkey was widely promoted as a model for the Middle East, it had little interest in or appetite for getting involved in the region.3Against this current, there has always.....

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