"Turkey: The Transatlantic Energy Hub
This article was written by YPFP member Alex Petersen. It was first published in RUSI Transatlantic Commentary on June 29, 2007.
Even while political turmoil engulfs Ankara and Istanbul, the Turkish general staff set their sights on northern Iraq, and Western scholars write about the ‘loss’ of Turkey, the functional links that bind the NATO member and EU aspirant to transatlantic structures are being strengthened. The most important of these functional links is Turkey’s growing role as an energy hub, the crossroads in the vaunted East-West transport corridor, connecting the exporters of Central Asia, with the consumers of Western Europe. The implications of this role stretch beyond mere energy infrastructure: not only reducing Europe’s unwise dependence on Russian sources, but facilitating Western integration in strategic parts of Eurasia."
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