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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

Cyprus aid for Lebanon en route to Beirut

Beirut holds vigil to mourn blast victims

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