Historical, Philosophical, Political and Law Sciences, Culturology and Study of Art. Issues of Theory and Practice. Tambov: Gramota, 2015. № 3. Part 3. P. 200-204.
PROBLEMS OF TURKEY’S INTEGRATION INTO THE EUROPEAN UNION IN THE MODERN AMERICAN HISTORIOGRAPHY
Chmyreva Vera Aleksandrovna
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia
Abstract. In the article the analysis of the main approaches developed by the US scientific and political community concerning the process of Turkey’s integration into the European Union in the context of the American-Turkish collaboration is conducted. The results of the research allow concluding that the ongoing transformation of political space in the Middle East causes the excessive concern of the American experts and the historical experience of cooperation between the USA and Iran makes the experts focus on the development of the mutually beneficial, from the US point of view, American-Turkish relations so that not to "loose" the changing republic as the key ally in the Middle East.
Key words and phrases: внешняя политика, международные отношения, американская историография, европейская интеграция, США, Европейский Союз, Турция, Ближний Восток, foreign policy, international relations, the American historiography, the European integration, the USA, the European Union, Turkey, the Middle East
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