Turkey's foreign policy pivot
What made Ankara do an about-face and re-embrace the West? Recognition of what gives it power in the Middle East.
By Soner Cagaptay
March 21, 2012
Turkey's foreign policy has come full circle in the last year. Far from confronting Washington on a range of issues, Ankara is embracing its membership in NATO while working closely with Washington on Middle East issues, including Iran and coordinating Syria policy. What has changed?
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