Turkish Policy in Syria: What’s at stake for Europe?

Jean-Pierre Filiu (1)

1 CERI - Centre de recherches internationales (Sciences Po, CNRS)

Turkey holds a critical position, both geographically and strategically, in the fight to halt the spread of IS and its entrenchment in Syria. Yet the approach adopted so far by the EU demonstrates an astonishing blindness to the scope of the problem, and its potential consequences for the region.

Mots clés: Turkey; Syria; foreign policy; Islamic State; PKK

Domaines: Science politique

Jean-Pierre Filiu. Turkish Policy in Syria: What’s at stake for Europe?. 2016. ⟨hal-03392946⟩