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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Erdoğan prepares to launch his campaign for presidential elections scheduled for November 2019. At a time of rising xenophobia and anti-western sentiments across Turkey, his campaign will undoubtedly target the “evil powers of the West,” adding to the isolationist Turkish psyche. Russian President Vladimir Putin could not have possibly found a better partner for his attempts to divide and weaken NATO.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been the main beneficiary of a newfound feeling of glory among Turkey’s increasingly nationalistic masses. The main loser is the YGP, which has sought to consolidate control over Kurdish areas of Syria in the hopes of forging an autonomous state. But in the Syrian war theater, alliances are fragile and complex. Russia has given Turkey a limited free hand in its engagement in northern Syria, mainly in order to deepen Turkish-US and Turkish-NATO divisions. But Russia is not Turkey’s strategic ally.
Σε προηγούμενο δημοσίευμά μας στην έγκριτη εφημερίδα «ΝΑΞΙΑΚΟΙ ΚΑΙΡΟΙ», αναφερθήκαμε στις ΔΥΣΜΕΝΕΣΤΑΤΕΣ ΔΗΜΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΕΣ ΕΞΕΛΙΞΕΙΣ και τονίσαμε με έμφαση τις εξ αυτών ΚΑΘΟΡΙΣΤΙΚΕΣ ΕΠΙΠΤΩΣΕΙΣ επί της ΕΠΑΝΔΡΩΣΕΩΣ και του ΑΞΙΟΜΑΧΙΟΥ των ΕΝΟΠΛΩΝ ΔΥΝΑΜΕΩΝ.
1. Θέλουμε να ισχυροποιηθούμε στον γεωπολιτικό χώρο ενδιαφέροντος (Αιγαίο και Νοτιοανατολική Μεσόγειο),
2. Θέλουμε να προστατεύσουμε την πατρίδα μας,
3. Θέλουμε να συνεργαστούμε με εταίρους και συμμάχους σε όλη τη περιοχή ενδιαφέροντος για να αποτρέψουμε τον πόλεμο.
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