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Apr 2024
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Christopher Phillips on Turkey’s place i...

WILLIAM ARMSTRONG
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Christopher Phillips on “Battleground: Ten Conflicts that Explain the New Middle East” (Yale University Press). The conversation explores the region's shifting rivalries, as well as how Turkey’s push for greater influence in Syria, Iraq and Libya has impacted its ties with other ambitious powers.

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