Monday, April 18, 2011

AKP’s domestically driven foreign policy

"AKP’s domestically driven foreign policy

Sunday, April 17, 2011
CAROL MIGDALOVITZ

It goes without saying that the goal of political parties is to win elections and then to stay in power. With Turkey’s June 2011 national elections approaching, it is timely to observe how, with respect to the ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, all politics are not local. Rather, it is foreign policy issues that have played a pivotal role in the AKP’s electoral calculations."

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