Thomas L. Friedman: Two worlds cracking up
By Thomas L. Friedman
Posted: 06/13/2012 05:31:46 PM PDT
Updated: 06/13/2012 05:31:47 PM PDT
ISTANBUL -- For many years, strategists have debated whether Turkey would be a "bridge" or a "gully" between predominantly Christian Europe and the Arab/Muslim Middle East. If Turkey were admitted to the European Union, it would be a bridge binding these two worlds. If it were kept out of the EU, it could become a gully separating the two. It turns out that Turkey these days is neither a bridge nor a gully. It's an island -- an island of relative stability between two great geopolitical systems that are cracking apart: The eurozone that came into being after the Cold War and the Arab state system that came into being after World War I are both coming unglued.
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