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who felt bypassed by globalization. Similarly, the elitist secular parties that had ruled Turkey for most of the 20th century were swept aside by Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party, which appealed to a rising Islamist middle class. And in Venezuela, it took only a few years in power for Hugo Chav

sident Trump's national security adviser, did lucra- tive consulting work for a firm with ties to the government of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan before and immediately after the 2016 election. Among other things, Flynn wrote an op-ed that urged the American government to expel Fethullah Gal

a/11702328/Russian-forces-practised-invasion-of-Norway-Finland-Den- Mark-and-Swerian 14. See for example 'Russia Launches Large-Scale Naval Drill in Black Sea Same Day as NATO,' RT, July 4, 2014, 15. Luke Harding 'Georgia Angered by Russia-Abkhazia Military Agreement,' Guardian, November 24 2014, 16. Adri

are at loggerheads because of their fundamentally different positions on Syria. As developments in that country continue to unfold Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his overambitious foreign minister are discovering that Turkey cannot have it every way. Iran's displeasure with Turkey really began when Ankar

sure with Turkey really began when Ankara allowed the United States to deploy radar facilities on Turkish soil for NATO's "defense shield" project. Erdogan and Davutoglu still insist these facilities are not against Iran, but this is a claim no one, least of all Tehran, is buying. Matters between the

rian president Bashar al-Assad's top security grandees during a national- security headquarters meeting in Damascus, a suicide bomber in Bulgaria's Black Sea resort city of Burgas set himself off near an Israeli tourist bus, killing five Israelis and wounding scores of others. EFTA_R1_00537947 EFTA0202

s a Terror Group? Benjamin Weinthal Article 3. Al-Monitor Kerry Puts Middle East First Geoffrey Aronson Article, 4 The National Interest Mr. Erdogan Goes to Shanghai Ariel Cohen Article 5. The Diplomat Turkey: Abandoning the EU for the SCO? EFTA_R1_02207719 EFTA02722642 Raffaello Pantucci

writes widely on regional affairs. Article 4 The National Interest Mr. Erdogan Goes to Shanghai Ariel Cohen February 18, 2013 -- Prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants Turkey to join the European Union. But recently he announced he wants to join the Shanghai Cooperation EFTA_R1_02207731 EFTA02722654 Orga

nd to the world. The attack in Burgas was despicable. The Israeli tourists had just arrived at the city's airport and were boarding a bus for the Black Sea coast. A young man wearing a disguise tracked the tourists' movements, placed a bag with an explosive device in the cargo compartment of the bus an

officially portrayed as a strong if mildly flawed leader rather than as the man responsible for the deaths of millions of his own people. In Turkey, Erdogan has decreed that high school students should study the de- funct Ottoman language, challenging a nearly century-old reform linked to Mustafa Kemal At

ose who felt bypassed by globalization. Similarly, the elitist secular parties that had ruled Turkey for most of the 20th century were swept aside by Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party, which appealed to a rising Islamist middle class. And in Venezuela, it took only a few years in power for Hugo Chavez

in which 33,000 troops rehearsed the invasion of Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Denmark.!? The Russian navy has held multiple, large-scale exercises in the Black Sea to defy NATO, assert its control over Crimea, and threaten Georgia.'* Russian and Abkhaz separatist officials have announced what amounts to a merger