"Barry Rubin, 'Turkey And The Middle East: An Updated Assessment'.
January 20, 2008
In a sense, no country has tried harder to get out of the Middle East than Turkey--by way of achieving membership in the European Union--yet Turkey does have an important role to play in the region. At the same time, though, this situation is complicated by divergences over Turkey's identity, interests, and internal politics. "
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