The United States has long maintained a strategic partnership with Turkey, a powerful NATO ally, as a central element of U. S. strategy in Eurasia and the Middle East. But Turkey's ties with its neighbors, the United States, and Europe have become strained in recent years. RAND researchers assess key challenges confronting the U. S.-Turkish partnership and advance recommendations to sustain it during what is likely to be a turbulent decade ahead. | Turkey's Nationalist Course by Stephen J. Flanagan, Paperback | Indigo Chapters