Chatham House - Istanbul Roundtable

Istanbul Roundtable

Istanbul, 12-13 September The Istanbul Roundtable is an annual high-level meeting that brings together an exclusive group of global leaders from the worlds of business, politics and civil society to discuss international issues of critical importance to global growth and security. Chatham House has chosen to establish the Roundtable in Istanbul because the city increasingly embodies some of the key cross-currents between a long-standing Atlantic community of nations and those to the city's east whose recent rise is redefining international relations. All discussions in the Istanbul Roundtable are held under the Chatham House Rule. The Istanbul Roundtable is part of the Chatham House Turkey Project. This project is designed to enable policy-makers and decision-makers to gain a better understanding of Turkey as a country-in-transition. Much of the academic and policy research on Turkey in the United States and Europe concentrates either on its geostrategic importance or more narrowly on the domestic challenges facing the country. Far less attention is focused on the intricate link between Turkey's internal political, economic and social development and their implications for the role that Turkey will play in the long-term stability and development of surrounding regions. This project considers the implications of Turkey as a country in the midst of dynamic political and economic changes, and the repercussions of its interactions with Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, the Caucasus and the Black Sea region. The focus is not only on Turkey's wider regional context, but also on a number of its vital bilateral relationships, including its European Union accession process and its delicate ties with Russia. Read more...