The Limits of Leverage US Influence and the Turkish Military

Abstract

Among the Important, albeit secondary, tasks of the United States military is to work with selected foreign militaries to help make them more effective security partners Efforts to this end range from co-production of weapons systems to officer exchanges, and can include, inter alia, military sales financing, joint exercises, and professional military education programs It is often assumed that, the broader the range of such policies, and the deeper the military-to-military ties, the greater leverage the US should enjoy. Some observers questions whether Washington extracts the full advantage of such policies, and call upon US to make more determined use of these Instruments to influence the recipient country.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 26, 1999
Accession Number
ADA442405

Entities

People

  • John J. Boris

Organizations

  • National War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cold War
  • Cooperation
  • Democracy
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Education
  • Europe
  • Governments
  • Human Rights
  • Information Operations
  • Law
  • Middle East
  • Military Education
  • National Security
  • Students
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Systems Analysis and Design