Turkey and Israel StrategizeMilitary Cooperation Agreement • February 8th, 2019
Contract Type FiledFebruary 8th, 2019In 1996, Israel and Turkey signed an agreement for military cooperation. Since then, much has been said and written about this evolving relationship, and political analysts have differed over how to define it. Depending on their assumptions, observers have called the Turkish-Israeli relationship an "axis," an "entente," even an "alliance." But what exactly is the real nature of this bilateral relationship? What is included; What is excluded? Does this relationship bind Turkey and Israel to a set of formal or informal commitments in the present? And does the military cooperation agreement imply any commitment regarding future contingencies?