In an analysis on Joe Biden's approach to the Middle East, Foreign Policy wrote about the continuing tense relations between the Turkish government and the new US administration. Washington's criticism of Ankara's treatment of people like Osman Kavala and Henry Barak, a French researcher, show that Turkey is not a priority in the US relationship, the magazine wrote in on article.
The magazine also notes that Turkey, as in the past, does not have many friends in the United States and has resorted to costly lobbying to repair its relations with Washington.
The article also notes that Joe Biden's government has not responded to Turkey's request to form a working group on Russia's S400 missile defense system which Washington has repeatedly expressed its anger over Ankara purchase of the system.
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