Despite his signature militant rhetoric, Turkish President Recep Tayep Erdogan has recently signaled a more pragmatic approach to several regional issues. He has seemingly moderated his stand towards Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Israel and even Turkey’s arch-rival, Greece. When U.S. President Joe Biden broke with his predecessors’ reluctance to recognize the Ottoman massacres of Armenians more than a century ago as genocide, Ankara was predictably angry but much less than was expected. An obvious explanation is Turkey’s historic fear of Russia, its neighbor across the Black Sea, as indicated by Erdogan’s embrace of Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenskiy.
Guests Mr. Yusuf Erim, TRT World Editor at large, and Prof. Zeev Khanin, Expert on Russian and Middle Eastern Studies, Bar Ilan and Ariel Universities. Analyst Amir Oren, TV7 Analysts and Host of Watchmen Talk. Host Jonathan Hessen.
