Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 11/2011

From Endearment to Estrangement: Turkey's Interests and Concerns in Syria

Yigal Schleifer

October 2011

United States Institute of Peace

Abstract

This brief is part of a series examining the regional dimensions of Syria’s popular uprising. The Institute invited leading experts from the U.S. and the Middle East to identify key vectors of influence Syria’s neighbors are bringing to bear on the conflict, to forecast how the situation there will affect the regional balance of power and to examine how the opposition and the Syria regime are responding to these regional dynamics. This study on Turkey was written by Yigal Schleifer, a Washington-based journalist and analyst covering Turkey.