Soli Ozel teaches at Istanbul Bilgi University's Department of International Relations and Political Science. He is a columnist for the national daily Sabah and is senior advisor to the chairman of theTurkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association. He is the editor of TUSIAD's magazine Private View and the editor of the Turkish edition of Foreign Policy a journal published by the Carnegie Endowment in the USA.
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Soli Ozel
Istanbul, Turkey
Soli Ozel teaches at Istanbul Bilgi University's Department of International Relations and Political Science.
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Perhaps it is for the best that Middle East governments will no longer rely on the U.S. to settle regional problems. After Camp David and Jimmy Carter, nothing much ever worked out anyway.
My question is how much Arab governments trust the Turks, whether due to its recent close ties with Israel or because of history of the longer term.
Interesting column, though.
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Perhaps it is for the best that Middle East governments will no longer rely on the U.S. to settle regional problems. After Camp David and Jimmy Carter, nothing much ever worked out anyway.
My question is how much Arab governments trust the Turks, whether due to its recent close ties with Israel or because of history of the longer term.
Interesting column, though.
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