Blake Franko
Security, Middle East
Ankara must secure Moscow’s support in the fight against ISIS.
On June 30, black-clad gunmen opened fire and detonated suicide vests at Istanbul's Ataturk airport, killing forty-two. This tragedy was the latest repercussion of the chaos engulfing Syria. If President Erdoğan were a gambling man, he would be broke by now. Recent Turkish foreign policy has been rife with failures, most notably the bet that President Assad would fall. Marginalized by the West for “Neo-Ottoman” excesses... Читать дальше...