The US, the EU and Turkey: Now what?
Nate Schenkkan, David J. Kramer
The collapse of coalition talks and the scheduling of new elections for Nov. 1 concluded a tumultuous summer for Turkey. The “game-changer” of Turkey engaging more fully in the anti-Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) campaign now seems hollow. It appears clear that President Erdoğan’s interest is less in confronting the challenge of ISIL – despite recent terrorist attacks inside Turkey itself – and more in dealing a knockout blow to domestic Kurdish forces in order to secure a parliamentary majority for the Justice and Development Party (AKP). This poses a significant challenge to the West and the U.S. in particular as they struggle to formulate any kind of coherent approach to Syria and the crumbling Middle East.
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