ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes: Russian-Turkish relations

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ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks to Asli Aydintasbas, ECFR visiting fellow and expert on Turkish foreign policy, and Kadri Liik, ECFR senior policy fellow and expert on Russian foreign policy, about the downing of a Russian fighter jet by a Turkish F-16 and its implications on Turkish-Russian relations.

Bookshelf:

Great Catastrophe: Armenians and Turks in the Shadow of Genocide by Thomas de Waal

Russia and the Arabs by Yevgeny Primakov

Proxy war worsens between Russia and Turkey by Asli Aydintasbas

Nato should not risk a wrong turn over Turkey – and Ukraine by François Godement 

Picture: Flickr/Mikhail Serbin

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