Turkey's democratic rollback
By Sarah Kreps, contributor, and Gustavo Flores-Macías
The United States and its allies remain locked in a fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and near-weekly gruesome acts by ISIS remind the world why the group is the target of military actions. But in an effort to defeat this foe, the United States is also making some unfortunate Faustian bargains in the Middle East, propping up allies with dubious records on human rights or governmental accountability in exchange for their assistance in fighting ISIS or balancing Iran's influence in the region.
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