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With the AI regulation debate in Washington at a critical juncture, the United States cannot afford to sit on the sidelines while China and Europe decide these fundamental issues for the world.
President Erdogan is focused on setting Turkey’s foreign policy direction. Key priorities for Ankara include strategic autonomy, enhanced regional influence, economic revitalization, and balancing between NATO and Russia.
Turkey, under Erdogan, has been trying to break out of a disruptive cycle of serial foreign policy crises for some time now.
Seven years after the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, polls show a change in mood owing to economic, political, and demographic reasons. But negotiations to rejoin the EU would be tough and lengthy.
The messy nature of decisions is important both for US citizens and the world.
Turkey’s balancing act between Moscow and the West has so far granted the Kremlin an important strategic advantage. Whoever emerges victorious in the presidential election will have to reassess Ankara’s position between NATO and Russia.
Odessa is a very cosmopolitan city and always prided itself on not being defined by any single nationality. While it has certainly rejected Russia, its place in the new Ukraine is still being negotiated.
Erdogan looks on track to secure another term as Turkey’s president, despite the struggling economy and his government's flawed response to the earthquake. But the opposition’s resilience in this election suggests there is still life in Turkish democracy.
Both Greece and Türkiye need solid and determined leadership to orient bilateral relations in the right direction and practical steps to show the benefits of an alternative and collaborative bilateral relationship.
Thus, even as the clamor dies down, the visit raised two important questions that cannot easily be explained away: When it comes to China, who speaks for Europe? And where is European policy on China heading?