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Is the Turkish-Israeli Alliance Over? Yes It Is [Article]
If you find these articles useful and interesting, please read and subscribe to Barry Rubin's blog, Rubin Reports, at : I wrote the following article for The Turkish Analyst, Vol. 2, No. 19 published by the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute s Silk Road Studies Program. Here is my original text ...
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Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/3/2009
Gates of Vienna — ... Barry Rubin: is the Turkish-Israeli Alliance Over? Yes it is The Turkey-Israel alliance is over. After two decades plus of close cooperation, the Turkish government is no longer interested in maintaining close cooperation with Israel nor is it—for all practical purposes—willing to do anything much to maintain its good relations with Israel. The U.S.-Turkish alliance, which goes back about six decades, is also over but much less visibly so, though the two relationships are interlinked. And that’s ...

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