Last Updated On: Jan 22 2021 10:10 Gmt+3
On Friday, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden officially announced a handful of upcoming appointments to key national security positions. The names continue the transition’s theme of selecting experienced former government officials who worked with Biden under former President Barak Obama.
The expected appointees signal the incoming administration’s intentions to counter Russian and Iranian actions, but several individuals on the emerging roster of officials are also well known by their counterparts in Ankara. Many possess extensive expertise on Turkey, but some hold policy views that are diametrically opposed to Turkey’s ruling coalition, particularly regarding the Syrian civil war.