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Getting to Yes With Turkey

There’s a common interest in countering the Russian-Iranian axis in Syria

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Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

The post-Obama Middle East is a grim and ugly place: the brutal wars in Syria, the deepened chaos in Iraq, the shambolic Libya mess, the vaulting ambition of Iran, the intrusion of Russia, the smoldering failure of the Arab Spring, and the collapse of the U.S.-Turkish relationship.

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