Turkish-American Relations: A Conspectus
Turkish-American Relations: A Conspectus

Summary/Abstract: During the Cold War, US played the role of leadership for the Western nations with dignity and even magnanimously with the exception of few small incidents US leadership was unchallenged and US was able to both defend its own interests while supporting those of her allies who did not squabble about their own problems that appeared to be not so important in relation to the perceived security threats and considerations. Eventually, the combined efforts of the Western nations and the military economic competition between the two blocs led to the downfall of the Soviet Union. As Fukuyama (1989) had prophesized the final victory of liberal democracies over communism, the age of American unipolarity had come about. This unique period in world history has brought along some problems. America and her allies no longer had a mutually perceived threat and there was little incentive for America’s allies to cooperate with US on the same level as before. The ideological vacuum left by the collapse of communism was replaced, chiefly, by religious fundamentalism and nationalism. While the former led to a consolidation of American unilateralist policy and thus increased resentment towards US, the latter proved to be a security challenge and became another basis of resentment of America.

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