Special WVIZ and CCWA
FREE Distance Learning Program
Program:
“Understanding the New Turkey – and What it Means for the U.S. and Europe”
In the current, highly-animated Turkish debate, the only sure point of agree¬ment is that Turkey is changing, and changing rapidly. There can be few countries where the gap between estab¬lished images and the actual extent of change is so pronounced. Uneasiness prevails on all sides as observers look back with nostalgia to more certain times in Turkish domestic and foreign policy—or press for an acceleration of change. The new look in Turkish policy will compel Turkey and its transatlantic partners to think in new ways about what is “strategic,” what is “tactical,” and the implica¬tions of an increasingly ambitious, affinity-based approach to regional relationships.
Presenter: Dr. Ian Lesser
Date: February 24, 2010 Time: 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
A preparatory class session, featuring Ediz Kaykayoglu on Turkey is scheduled for Wednesday February 17th, from 12:30 to 1:30 pm.
Ian O. Lesser is Senior Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States in Washington, D.C. Dr. Lesser has served as a Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and VP and Director of Studies at the Pacific Council on International Policy. He came to the Pacific Council from RAND, where he spent over a decade as a senior analyst and research manager specializing in strategic studies. From 1994-1995, he was a member of the Secretary’s Policy Planning Staff at the U.S. Department of State, responsible for Turkey, Southern Europe, North Africa, and the multilateral track of the Middle East peace process. A frequent commentator for international media, he has written extensively on international security issues and has published numerous books and policy reports including Beyond Suspicion: Rethinking US-Turkish Relations (2008).
Schools interested in participating in one or both of these FREE program, via distance learning, should contact John Ramicone at 216-916-63660 or john.ramicone@ideastream.org by February 16th.
