Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday was re-elected chairman of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in a crowded party congress held in capital Ankara.
A Russian writer recently made a bold claim, namely that Russia sought a diplomatic solution to the recent round of fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia because it recognized that it is militarily weak compared to Turkey. Is his assessment accurate?
Turkey’s policy to use muscle to gain diplomatic clout has been marred by a series of miscalculations, failing to produce the desired results in the conflicts in Libya and the Caucasus.
