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Discussing Turkey, Foreign Policy and what lies ahead

Dr. Soner Cagaptay, Senior Fellow and Director of the Turkish Research Program at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy was a guest speaker for the EUCOM Forum for International Affairs Speaker Series Dec. 15. His lecture addressed the current political environment in Turkey and explored Turkey's role in global politics and relationship to NATO. Tim Cooke, Academic Outreach Coordinator for EUCOM's Interagency Directorate, asks him a few questions about Turkey in the video below.

The Wall Street Journal article Dr. Cagaptay refers to in the video can be found here. He also wrote a piece for Foreign Affairs Online Snapshots titled "Sultan of the Muslim World: Why the AKP's Turkey Will Be the East's Next Leader".

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Vitality of Turkey, a Strong NATO Ally

I attended a fascinating event on Friday night in Ankara: the change of command ceremony for the Chief of the Turkish General Staff, the senior military officer in Turkey.

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Reaching Out to My Team at U.S. European Command

Last Friday I flew to my U.S. European Command (EUCOM) headquarters in Stuttgart to conduct an “All Hands” with the military and civilian personnel assigned to the headquarters at Patch Barracks. The flight from my NATO headquarters in Belgium was an airborne “sleigh ride,” and the landing a bit of a white knuckle experience. However, I really wanted to meet with the team and talk about the “way ahead” for 2010, share with them my perspective, and solicit their feedback.

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What is the South-Eastern Europe Brigade (SEEBRIG)?

Here at Combined Endeavor 09, we have participating organizations in addition to country participants. One of the organizations -- NATO -- is familiar to many people. SEEBRIG, however, is not as well known, so I want to take a few minutes to tell you about it.

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What a week!

I started last week in Lisbon, on the heels of a trip to Stuttgart the previous Friday for staff briefings at European Command (EUCOM) and EUCOM's Annual Summer Reception, which included a spectacular concert with an Elvis Presley impersonator in full U.S. Army regalia!

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