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The State Department's Turkey problem

Michael Rubin, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a former Pentagon official, breaks down why the State Department still has a soft spot for Turkey despite the list of ways that Ankara is undermining US  interests in the region.

You can read the articles we discuss on the Daily Roundup here:

The State Department has a Turkey problem

Turkey to issue Mediterranean exploration licences, raising tensions with Greece

Dendias says Greece will not accept a fait accompli in East Med

Greece wants emergency EU ministers' meeting on Turkey tensions

Oruc Reis moving eastward

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