Library

Institutional archive of policy documents, analytical reports, and reference materials.

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Turkey — The Trojan Horse
Case Study • 2026

A policy analysis arguing that Turkey, especially under President Erdoğan, exploits its NATO membership to pursue national agendas, wield procedural vetoes, and align with the West's adversaries — acting as a Trojan horse that structurally weakens the alliance.

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Project 2028, "Turkey — The Trojan Horse," Turkey Out of NATO Policy Review Series, 2026.
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Turkey — The Troubled Member
Case Study • 2026

A case study arguing that Turkey functions less as a NATO bulwark than as a disruptive insider, citing its S-400 purchase, obstruction of allied defense plans and Nordic enlargement, and facilitation of Russian sanctions evasion.

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Project 2028, "Turkey — The Troubled Member," Turkey Out of NATO Policy Review Series, 2026.
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Turkey — Member in Name Only
Case Study • 2026

A policy argument that NATO can marginalize Turkey within the alliance—excluding it from exercises, committees, and intelligence, and relocating key assets—reducing it to a member in name only and paving the way for its eventual exit.

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Project 2028, "Turkey — Member in Name Only," Turkey Out of NATO Policy Review Series, 2026.
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Turkey — Suspension and Expulsion from NATO
Case Study • 2026

An analysis of whether NATO can suspend or expel Turkey despite the North Atlantic Treaty lacking any formal expulsion mechanism, drawing on the Vienna Convention's material-breach provisions and the alliance's founding principles.

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Project 2028, "Turkey — Suspension and Expulsion from NATO," Turkey Out of NATO Policy Review Series, 2026.
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Turkey — Sanctions
Case Study • 2026

An overview of how Turkey, as the only NATO member declining to align with UN sanctions, has served as a strategic loophole enabling Russia, Iran, and others to circumvent restrictions across trade, energy, finance, and defense.

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Project 2028, "Turkey — Sanctions," Turkey Out of NATO Policy Review Series, 2026.
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Turkey — Terrorism
Case Study • 2026

An assessment of Turkey's direct and permissive ties to ISIS, Hamas, HTS and other armed actors from Syria to Libya and the Sahel — including proxy deployments, documented war crimes, and terrorist-financing case studies that undercut core U.S. counterterrorism priorities.

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Project 2028, "Turkey — Terrorism," Turkey Out of NATO Policy Review Series, 2026.
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Turkey — Human Rights
Case Study • 2026

An overview of human rights concerns in Turkey, covering prison overcrowding and detention conditions, restrictions on civil society, academia and lawyers, religious minority rights, and Turkey's record before the European Court of Human Rights.

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Project 2028, "Turkey — Human Rights," Turkey Out of NATO Policy Review Series, 2026.
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Turkey — Political Freedom
Case Study • 2026

A review of Turkey's political freedom over the past decade, covering post-2016 coup purges, pressure on the opposition and media, political detentions, and extraterritorial operations against dissidents.

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Project 2028, "Turkey — Political Freedom," Turkey Out of NATO Policy Review Series, 2026.
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NATO Is Essential for Turkey, Not Vice Versa
Case Study • 2026

A policy assessment arguing that Turkey's military, technical, and strategic dependence on NATO makes the alliance irreplaceable to Ankara, while Turkey itself behaves as a pragmatic, interventionist partner that undervalues collective defense.

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Project 2028, "NATO Is Essential for Turkey, Not Vice Versa," Turkey Out of NATO Policy Review Series, 2026.
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Letter to Marco Rubio on F-35 Sales to Turkey — 40 Members of the House
Congressional Record • 2025

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Letter to President Trump Regarding Meeting with President Erdoğan — 22 Members
Congressional Record • 2025

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The Washington Times — Throw Turkey Out of NATO
Reference • 2025

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Turkey: Major Issues and U.S. Relations (CRS)
Policy Analysis • 2025

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Letter to Secretary Blinken — 24 Members of the House (Final Letter)
Congressional Record • 2024

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AEI — Turkiye Is Not an Important NATO Member. Stop Pretending It Is
Reference • 2024

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Politico Europe — Turkey, NATO, Russia and Ukraine (Defense Minister Yasar Guler)
Reference • 2024

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AEI — Turkey Humiliated NATO. If NATO Can’t Expel It, Here’s Plan B
Reference • 2024

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Letter on Türkiye F-16s — 29 Members of the Senate
Congressional Record • 2023

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FPRI — The Turkish Veto: Why Erdogan Is Blocking Finland and Sweden’s Path to NATO
Reference • 2023

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Politico — Sen. Van Hollen: Turkey Is an Unfaithful Ally
Reference • 2023

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19FortyFive — Is Turkey Destined to Get Kicked Out of NATO?
Reference • 2023

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Middle East Monitor — John Bolton: Turkiye Should Be Expelled From NATO
Reference • 2023

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Turkey: Possible U.S. Sale of F-16 Aircraft (CRS)
Policy Analysis • 2023

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Congressional Record — Turkey (R47493)
Congressional Record • 2023

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Turkey’s Future in NATO: Asset or Liability? (NIPP, No. 543)
Policy Analysis • 2022

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Cato Institute — Why Is Turkey Still in NATO?
Reference • 2022

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Carnegie Europe — Turkey in NATO: Disruption as a Policy
Reference • 2022

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Brookings — Erdogan’s Problem Is Not With Sweden and Finland, but With Turkey’s Western Vocation
Reference • 2022

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The Economist — Is Turkey More Trouble to NATO Than It Is Worth?
Reference • 2022

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Senators Letter to President Biden on Turkey
Congressional Record • 2021

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Scenarios for the Turkish Crisis in NATO (Pulaski Policy Paper No. 02/20)
Policy Analysis • 2020

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The Spectator — It’s Time to Expel Turkey From NATO
Reference • 2020

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CFR — U.S.-Turkey Relations: The Shifting Nature of Two NATO Allies
Reference • 2019

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The National — Turkey Won’t Be Expelled From NATO, but It Could Become a Member in Name Only
Reference • 2019

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Just Security — Can Turkey Be Expelled From NATO?
Reference • 2019

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GIS Reports — Turkey and NATO
Reference • 2019

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Turkey: Background and U.S. Relations (CRS)
Policy Analysis • 2018

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Senators Letter on Andrew Brunson — 66 Members of the Senate
Congressional Record • 2018

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Turkey: Background, U.S. Relations and Major Issues (CRS, R44000 — CSR82_Cook)
Policy Analysis • 2018

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The Washington Post — It’s Time for Turkey and NATO to Go Their Separate Ways
Reference • 2018