Department of National Security Affairs

Over a year ago there were concerns that Turkey's provocations and threats in the Aegean could turn into conflict. Over the last year, Turkey's President Erdogan has pulled a 180 degree shift in policy, de-escalating tensions.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears to have "less of an appetite for tensions with Greece," according to Ryan Gingeras, a professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in California, in an interview with Kathimerini.

Ryan Gingeras, a professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School and an expert on Turkish, Balkan, and Middle East history, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss Turkey's centenary and its broader implications, both within and outside Turkey.

Whether the US takes the side of Greece or Turkey in the event of a military conflict between the two countries, it would have huge consequences on how the American government and its different branches function, argues Ryan Gingeras, a professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in California.