U.S. Security Assistance and Regional Balance of Power: Greece and Turkey, a Case Study
Abstract
The U.S security assistance programs have been an indispensable tool of U.S. foreign policy in the post W.W.II period. However, U.S. security assistance to Greece and Turkey, two countries that are allied to the U.S. and are both members of NATO, has presented unique challenges both for U.S. policy and for the preservation of peace, stability, and security in the Eastern Mediterranean. U.S. military assistance to Greece and Turkey is a major factor in the ongoing silent confrontation between the two countries in the Aegean Sea, and the continuing and unresolved crisis that exists on the independent island Republic of Cyprus. U.S. security assistance to Greece and Turkey was intended to further U.S. and NATO goals for collective security and containment of the U.S.S.R. during the Cold War. However, the lack of balanced U.S. foreign policy goals resulted in a lack of proportionality of security assistance deliveries in both quantitative and qualitative terms. This approach has had and continues to have detrimental effects on the maintenance of a regional balance of power between Greece and Turkey in the Aegean Sea and on Cyprus.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 17, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA344973
Entities
People
- George P. Bozikas
Organizations
- United States Army War College