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Entries by Brent E. Sasley from 09/2011

Turkey as the New Norway?

| Posted 09.07.2011 | World
Read More: Akp, Israel, Turkey, Palmer Report, Gaza Flotilla, Turkey Foreign Policy, Turkey Politics, Turkey Israel Sanctions, World News

Without putting too fine a point on it, Turkey has in the last few months been acting like a petulant child that doesn't get its dessert before the meal.

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The Long Decline in Turkish-Israeli Relations

| Posted 09.13.2011 | World
Read More: Akp, Israel, Turkey, Hamas, Mavi Marmara, Middle East, Turkish-Israeli Relations, World News

There is very little to suggest that Turkey and Israel have enough in common at this point to move beyond the damage. The Turkish insistence on providing military escorts to ships sailing to Gaza all but guarantees a direct clash with the Israeli navy.

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