Abstract:
Th is paper focuses on the use of diff erent forms of power by a (leader/patron/hegemonic)
state to get the other (non-leader/client) states to cooperate with its policies. Most of
the literature on cooperation operates on the level of bargaining power where the policy
changes are directly visible. Th is article aims to show how the bargaining power model
is not adequate in capturing the complete picture of the relationship between Turkey (a
non-leader/client state) and the United States (leader/patron state) in their cooperation
with regard to Iraq during the Gulf Crisis (1990) and the War against Iraq (2003). Hence,
I attempt to show that the three levels of power as discussed by Krause is a better and
more comprehensive framework for understanding and explaining the power relationship
between Turkey and the US.
