MESOP MIDEAST WATCH :TURKISH PASSAGE TO GREAT POWER STATUS
I look at how Erdogan’s canal project could affect the Montreux Convention and the Russia/NATO naval power balance. Read it here: foi.se/rapportsammanf
I predict that the forthcoming dispute over whether western Istanbul will remain European, or if it turns Asian once the canal is done, will be Erdogan’s juiciest culture war yet.
Maximilian Hess
) places the Istanbul Canal and Montreux Convention quarrels in the context of Turkey’s new, loud, and ambitious foreign policy.
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