"Turkey's Rising Star
Interviewee:
Hugh Pope, Turkey project director for the International Crisis Group; author of 'Turkey Unveiled: A History of Modern Turkey.'
Interviewer:
Greg Bruno, Staff writer, CFR.org
October 9, 2008
Hugh PopeWhen Russia and Georgia fought a brief war in August, Turkey was thrust into a delicate balancing act between a pro-democratic West and an emergent Russia, a nation that supplies the bulk of Turkey's energy resources. But as International Crisis Group expert Hugh Pope sees it, Turkey's foreign policy strategy requires Ankara to maintain neutral ties with competing parties, and for now, the strategy is working."
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