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Thomas Rausch: President Obama’s West Point speech heralds the next transatlantic rift. The American president is in a tight spot: he needs his transatlantic allies to support this new strategic endeavor. All the while, the German government must decide if it will go along with the plan or develop its own way forward to do right by Afghanistan.
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Bernhard Lucke: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Afghanistan are the most pressing foreign policy issues of the Obama administration. Good will and nice speeches alone will not make "change" happen. Some bold actions and a break with the Clinton legacy are necessary.
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May Hu: President Obama's recent visit to China demonstrated that the dragon has awoken and is able to resist outside pressure and does not feel the need to conform to any western models or values. The US can no longer ignore this rising giant, and will become more reliant on soft power and persuasion in this new world order.
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Editorial Team: Atlantic-community.org would like to thank its members for contributing to and commenting during its special analysis week on Turkey. After a week of intensive debate, it is now time to draw some important conclusions and take the discussion to the next level. We invite your views.
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Daniel Korski and Richard Gowan: The potential rewards the EU might reap from improved trade in Iraq are huge, but the risks of instability remain highly problematic. By coordinating efforts, both within the Union and with NATO, Europe will win gratitude in Washington and a fruitful market in Baghdad.
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Gretchen Peters: The drug trade in Afghanistan is benefiting the insurgency, begging the question: What do Taliban leaders intend to do with the profits? The international intelligence community would be wiser to focus its efforts on identifying and disrupting flows of money to insurgent, extremist, and terror groups.
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Alex Jackson: Current fears that Turkey is moving away from its Euro-Atlantic orientation are misguided. Ankara is indeed strengthening ties with its Muslim neighbors but it is also improving relations with Russia and Armenia. The West should, instead, focus on the benefits that Turkey's multilateral foreign policy can bring.
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Marc William Zedler: As Turkey is getting increasingly disillusioned with the EU, momentum could build up for the establishment of a Turkic Union. A Turkic Union would not only be beneficial to Turkey, as it could take up a leading role, but also to the EU, as such a union could serve to counter Russian dominance in the region.
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Mensur Akgün: Recent media reports on Turkey's alleged foreign policy fail to acknowledge major positive achievements on behalf of the AKP government, notably Ankara's attempts at reconciliation with its neighbors. Western pundits should ask themselves what this "western identity'' that Turkey is supposedly moving away from, really is.
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Basak Yavcan Ural: Public opposition to Turkey's accession to the EU has largely been ignored, although it represents a real threat to the negotiation process. The EU needs to reconstruct its identity, by emphasizing diversity and multiculturalism. Turkey also needs to address existing misperceptions.
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