Middle East Week

Aaron Stein joins me for a joint Middle East Week and Turkey Wonk podcast about Turkey’s foreign policy in the Middle East. This is part one of two episodes that are based on a forthcoming book by Aaron on this topic. In this first part we discussed: Turkey’s policy of “Strategic Depth” The motivations behind the AKP’s foreign policy strategy Turkey’s role as mediator in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and their support for Hamas How Turkey reacted to the start of the Arab Spring in Tunisia Turkey’s reaction to the uprising in Libya and their role in the current conflict The ups and downs of Turkey’s foreign policy in Egypt after the fall of Mubarak Links: Turkey Wonk: Nuclear and Political Musings in Turkey and Beyond iTunes - Podcasts - Turkey Wonk by Aaron Stein Aaron Stein (@aaronstein1) on Twitter Karl Morand (KarlMorand) on Twitter Sponsor: Scrivener - a powerful content-generation tool for writers that allows you to concentrate on composing and struc