Next Public Event: "The Future of Turkey-U.S. Strategic Partnership"

By Andrew Cochran

On Monday, May 19, at 2 pm, I will co-chair, with Professor Yonah Alexander, a special seminar titled, "The Future of Turkey-U.S. Strategic Partnership" (corrected title) in room 2255 of the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington. Our featured speaker will be Ambassador Nabi Sensoy, who has served as Ambassador of Turkey to the United States since January 2006. Ambassador Sensoy previously held several positions in the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and has also served as Ambassador to Russia and Spain. Ambassador Sensoy is a graduate of the University of Ankara.

CTB Contributing Expert Frank Hyland, a former CIA and NSA official who also writes for the Jamestown Foundation, and Zeyno Baran, Director of the Center for Eurasian Policy at the Hudson Institute and a former CTB Contributing Expert, will serve as Commentators for the seminar after the Ambassador speaks. Closing comments will be made by Professor Edgar H. Brenner, Co-Director of the Inter-University Center for Legal Studies and co-editor of Turkey: Terrorism, Civil Rights and the European Union (2008).

My co-chair, Professor Yonah Alexander, is Director of the Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies and co-editor of Turkey: Terrorism, Civil Rights and the European Union. Professor Alexander was a panelist in our February 12 panel, "The Evolution of U.S. Counterterrorism Policy" and in our April 15 panel, "Iran and the United States: Outlook for the Next Decade?"

The event is co-sponsored by the Counterterrorism Foundation; the Hudson Institute; the Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies, the International Center for Terrorism Studies at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, and the Inter-University Center for Legal Studies at the International Law Institute.

To RSVP, contact Jenn Zewin by e-mail or call 703-562-4522 with your name and affiliation. Acceptances only, please.

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