The mission of the Center for Strategic Research (SAM) is to conduct research on Turkish foreign policy and in related domains, to assess current policies, to develop alternative perspectives, to make policy recommendations and to provide new insights. SAM aims to be a global platform for discussion of various international topics and to cooperate with other strategic centers in different countries. SAM publishes Vision Papers, SAM Papers and the quarterly academic journal Perceptions: Journal of International Affairs. In 2012 SAM organised: ...

As the United States and Turkey enter the third decade following the end of the Cold War, they are enjoying a new cooperative era in their relationship. Their partnership has recently been enhanced by overlapping perspectives on the unprecedented transformation sweeping the Middle East as well as in a number of other regional and functional areas. This report is the product of a joint effort by the Center for Strategic Research at the Ministry of the Foreign Affairs of Turkey (SAM) and the CSIS Turkey Project. It incorporates the ...

The mission of the Center for Strategic Research (SAM) is to conduct research on Turkish Foreign Policy and in related domains, to assess current policies, to develop alternative perspectives, to make policy recommendations and to provide new insights. SAM aims to be a global platform for discussions of various international topics and to cooperate with other strategic centers from different countries. It publishes vision papers, policy papers and the quarterly academic journal Perceptions. SAM has organized speeches, panels, workshops, ...