This book is the second in the series launched by the Turkish Foreign Policy Institute in 2007 with a view to publishing a number of valuable and meaningful compilations of a multitude of perspectives on matters pertaining to foreign and security policies of the countries situated in the regions surrounding Turkey in tous azimuths. I am honored for having the privilege of being the editor of this volume as well as the first in the series, namely Turkey’s Neighborhood published in April 2008. I must, therefore, express my deep gratitude to Mr. Seyfi Tajhan, the Founder and the Director of Foreign Policy Institute, for endowing this distinct opportunity to me once again...

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