Kadri Gursel, Al-Monitor: Local election defeat bodes more foreign woes for Erdogan
About a month ago, while campaigning for Turkey’s March 31 local polls, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed that “separating domestic and foreign policy is impossible” and that “domestic policy shapes foreign policy anywhere in the world.” In further remarks at the March 2 rally in Trabzon, he said, “The more our country grew stronger at home, the more it grew stronger and gained respect abroad over the past 17 years. The more the Turkish economy grew, the more influence Turkish diplomats gained. The more Turkish democracy advanced, the more Turkey’s say in foreign affairs increased.”
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- April 4, 2019
Turkey: After election gains, Kurds fear Erdogan's reach -- Felat Bozarslan & Daniel Bellut
Ashraf Ghani's grand plan for sustainable peace in Afghanistan -- Samim Arif, Al Jazeera
Are Indian election campaigns fueled by illegal cash? -- Murali Krishnan, DW
Why are Kenyans starving in food-secure Kenya? -- Patrick Gathara, Al Jazeera
Bouteflika's departure is just the beginning of Algeria's struggle -- Simon Tisdall, The Guardian
Could Algeria's protests set off Arab Spring 2.0? -- AFP
Algeria after Bouteflika: what happens now? -- AFP
What is next for Algeria after Bouteflika's resignation? -- Thomas Serres, Al Jazeera
Russia Is Already Threatening to Attack Colombia -- Monica Showalter, American Thinker
Brexit compromise may rest on UK odd couple May and Corbyn -- Gregory Katz, AP
British House of Commons sitting suspended due to leaky roof, proving 'Parliament really is broken' -- ABC News Online
Making Sense of Our Russiagate Failure -- George Beebe, National Interest
Why We Stand With NATO -- Tim Kaine & Cory Gardner, The Atlantic
Game-changing 5G technology set to go live -- Andrew Salmon & Lee Shin-hyung, Asia Times
MIT bans Huawei from campus after US government threatened federal funding -- ABC News Online
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