Global Insights: Turkey's Multi-Vector Regional Ambitions
By Richard Weitz | 18 Oct 2011
Last week, on a study trip to Turkey for U.S. foreign policy specialists sponsored by the Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists of Turkey (TUSKON), I traveled to Ankara, Hatay and Istanbul to meet with government officials, academic and think tank experts and business leaders. While there, we discussed many issues, including the remarkable health of the Turkish economy, the domestic political scene, the increased tolerance for expressions of Kurdish and Islamist identities, and Turkey's relations with other countries. But perhaps the overarching theme tying all these issues together for us was the "Whither Turkey" question.
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