"Turkey looks beyond the US
Relations between the US and Turkey are marked by underlying tensions that could potentially reshape the longstanding strategic partnership. With the second-largest military in NATO and borders with Iraq, Iran and Syria, Turkey was essential to the US' containment of the Soviet Union and is now seen as a stabilising force in the Middle East. Under US tutelage during the 1990s, Turkey and Israel forged a strategic axis that included close co-operation in the military and economic spheres. "
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