The key to Turkey's success has been its ability to reinvent itself as times change. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
For decades, Turkey was widely viewed as a reliable NATO ally: prickly at times, but safely in America's corner. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
The long-term strategic goals of Iran and the long-term strategic goals of Turkey are close to the long-term strategic goals of the… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
As the United States shapes and carries out its policies toward Muslim countries, it should do so with Turkey at its side. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
The dramatic rise of Turkey in the councils of world power was one of the main geopolitical developments of 2010. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Turkey can be a bridge to regimes and actions the United States can't reach. Turkey can talk to people the United States… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
With the exception of China, and perhaps Turkey, no country in the world matters as much to the United States as Mexico. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Few if any countries understand the growing importance of water as fully as Turkey does. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Turkey and Brazil, though half a world apart geographically, have much in common. Both are large countries that spent long years under… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Turkey is immersed in a profound social and political conflict between secularists, who have been in power since the republic was founded,… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Without Ataturk's vision, without his ambition and energy, without his astonishing boldness in sweeping away traditions accumulated over centuries, today's Turkey would… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
There is much to justify Turkey's reverence for Ataturk. He is the force that allowed Turkey to rise from the ashes of… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
It is truly vital for the United States to assure that it is not attacked with weapons of mass destruction; to prevent wars in… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Because Iran understands Afghanistan far better than Americans do, making Iran a partner in a long-term effort to transform Afghan agriculture makes sense. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Land ownership in Guatemala is more unequal than anywhere else in Latin America. Roughly 90 percent of Guatemalan farms are too small to support… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Honduras is strongly anti-Communist, maintains no diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, and has provided vital support for United States-backed rebels fighting to overthrow… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Any country that grants asylum to Snowden risks retaliation from the United States, including diplomatic isolation and costly trade sanctions. Several don't seem to… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Human Rights Watch wants Rwandans to be able to speak freely about their ethnic hatreds, and to allow political parties connected with the defeated… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
“Acheson immediately understood the urgency of this message. He summoned Ambassador Franks and told him that the United States resolutely opposed “the use of… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
During the 1980s, international interest in the Nicaraguan war was intense. No conflict since the Spanish civil war had provoked such passion around the… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
As long as Iran believes that its security will be increased by having a nuclear program, it's going to pursue its program. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Countries that control water are likely to be the big winners of the future. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
“It is a great tool of dictators and tyrants, who want to get masses of people to do what they want, to make sure… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
