Turkey's Nonnuclear Decisions on Nuclear Issues

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dc.contributor.authorGoren, Nilsu
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-05T13:31:53Z
dc.date.available2017-09-05T13:31:53Z
dc.date.issued2016-09-15
dc.description.abstractBeyond its history of military coups and incomplete civilian oversight of its armed forces, Turkey has struggled with defining an independent international security policy. Its perception of U.S./NATO security guarantees has historically shaped its decision to either prioritize collective defense or seek solutions in indigenous or regional security arrangements. As part its domestic political transformation during the past decade, Turkey has decreased its reliance on NATO, leading to questions among observers about Turkey’s future strategic orientation away from the West. This brief argues that Turkey’s strategic objectives have indeed evolved in the recent past and that this is apparent in the mismatch between the country’s general security policy objectives and the outcomes of its policies on nuclear issues. At present, nuclear weapons do not serve a compelling function in Turkish policymakers’ thinking, beyond the country’s commitment to the status quo in NATO nuclear policy. Since nuclear deterrence is secondary to conventional deterrence, Turkey’s policies on nuclear issues are predominantly shaped by non-nuclear considerations. These decisions, in the absence of careful consideration of nuclear weapons, increase nuclear risks. This brief explores how Turkey could formulate more effective and lower risk nuclear policies than it currently does by employing cooperative security measures and how such a reorientation could strengthen to its overall security policy in the process.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2SN0145Z
dc.identifier.citationNilsu Goren, "Turkey's Nonnuclear Decisions on Nuclear Issues," CISSM Report, September 2016.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/19726
dc.publisherCenter for International & Security Studies at Marylanden_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtCenter for International and Security Studies at Maryland
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Maryland
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, MD)
dc.titleTurkey's Nonnuclear Decisions on Nuclear Issuesen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US

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