Decoding Turkey’s Foreign Policy Recalibration in West Asia
The change in Turkey’s foreign policy approach in West Asia underlines a desire on part of Ankara to eschew confrontationist politics.
- Md. Muddassir Quamar
- June 14, 2022 |
- IDSA Comments
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The change in Turkey’s foreign policy approach in West Asia underlines a desire on part of Ankara to eschew confrontationist politics.
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