In a discussion co-sponsored by Columbia University's Harriman Institute of Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies and the Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies, a panel of area-studies and international relations scholars will discuss Russian-Turkish relations. 

As Istanbul hosts Russian and Ukrainian negotiators for peace talks to end Russia’s war on Ukraine, and Turkey balances between Ukraine and Russia, Russian-Turkish relations may be entering a new phase. Relations between the two states have grown increasingly fraught in recent years, as the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan and Russia’s role in Syria and the Middle East come up against Turkey’s growing influence in the region. Panelists will discuss relations between Russia and Turkey by analyzing the historical legacies of the Russian and Ottoman empires, and by situating current policies in the broader context of Turkish and Russian relations with NATO, Europe, and the U.S.

This event is supported by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Speakers

Evren Balta, professor of International Relations, Özyeğin University, İstanbul

Jeffrey Mankoff, distinguished research fellow, U.S. National Defense University’s Institute for National Strategic Studies

Michael A. Reynolds, associate professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University