ABSTRACT
In the NATO context, the lull very much continues given the lack of any substantive breakthrough at either NATO’s Lisbon Summit of November 2010 or the Chicago Summit in May 2012. The relevant paragraphs of the Summit Declarations (para. 11 for Lisbon and para. 20 for Chicago) are nothing more than declarations of good intentions regarding NATO-EU cooperation. As one takes stock of the 60 years that Turkey has been a member of the Atlantic Alliance, the need for a Turkey firmly imbedded in NATO is a necessity for the security of both.
