Few countries have changed so much for the worse over the past decade as Turkey. Once considered a key ally and labelled a model for democracy in the Muslim world, Turkey has increasingly become more of a liability than a partner. While President Barack Obama once called Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, one of his most trusted foreign friends, even the White House now appears to recognize that Erdoğan’s agenda is fundamentally anti-American and anti-Western. Given Turkey’s descent, the decisions made by the next Oval Office occupant will likely determine the course of US-Turkish ties well beyond his or her …read more
Source: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research