"Comment-Turkey: An Emerging Global Actor Allen Collinsworth
A well-known cliché posits Turkey as a “bridge between East and West.” If geography is destiny, however, Turkey’s position is considerably more important. At once a nation of Europe and Asia, its identity is also defined by several sub-regions: the Mediterranean, Southeast Europe, the Black Sea, the Caucasus and the Middle East. Its neighbors are as diverse as a fellow NATO ally and a revolutionary Islamic Republic, and it has nuanced ties with all of them."
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