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Turkey continues its diplomatic projects

Rising Powers

by  |  on March 24th, 2009  |  0 comments
Turkish President Abdullah Gul. Credit: Guardian/Ates Tumer/EPA

Turkish President Abdullah Gul. Credit: Guardian/Ates Tumer/EPA

Turkey will host an April 1 conference between Afghanistan and Pakistan mainly to discuss security issues.  We have discussed Turkey’s diplomatic ascendance in previous posts, here and here.  Turkey’s continual assistance (some could consider it interference) in regional issues makes Ankara indispensable for peace brokering in the Middle East.

 

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Christopher Herbert

Christopher Herbert is an analyst of foreign affairs with specific expertise in US foreign policy, the Middle East and Asia. He is Director of Research for the Denver Research Group, has written for the Washington Post’s PostGlobal and Global Power Barometer and has served on projects for the United States Pacific Command and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. He has degrees from Yale University and Harvard University in Middle Eastern history and politics and speaks English, French, Arabic and Italian.

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US Foreign Policy; Middle East; Asia.

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