"A Kemalist in the Kremlin
By Christopher Stone
The Yukos crisis has rekindled debate about President Vladimir Putin's ideology. In 2000, befuddled analysts, dusting off Churchillian cliches, dismissed him as a mystery inside an enigma. After Sept. 11, 2001, they pronounced him a Thatcherite and, more recently, 'Moscow's Caligula.' These descriptions are inaccurate. Putin's ideology has been clear and consistent. He is a Kemalist. "
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