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AK Party Supporters in front of the poster of then-Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and then-Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (L) in Ankara, Turkey on August 27, 2014. (Murat Kaynak/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
AK Party Supporters in front of the poster of then-Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and then-Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (L) in Ankara, Turkey on August 27, 2014. (Murat Kaynak/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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The Key to the Future Lies in the Past: The Worldview of Erdoğan and Davutoğlu
Michael A. Reynolds
Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University
Michael A. Reynolds
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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds a Koran at the opening ceremony of the Selehaddin Eyyubi airport on May 26, 2015, in eastern city of Hakkari. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds a Koran at the opening ceremony of the Selehaddin Eyyubi airport on May 26, 2015, in eastern city of Hakkari. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
The Naqshbandi-Khalidi Order and Political Islam in Turkey
Svante E. Cornell
Director of the American Foreign Policy Council’s Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
Svante E. Cornell
Commentary
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Iran's heavy water production facility, October 27, 2004, Arak, Iran. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
Iran's heavy water production facility, October 27, 2004, Arak, Iran. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
Commentary
Nuclear Folly
Peter Rough Hudson Institute
Peter Rough Hudson Institute
Peter Rough
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Peter Rough
Commentary
5 Min Read
Iranian Revolutionary Guards march during a parade commemorating the 31st anniversary of Iran-Iraq war on September 22, 2011 in Tehran, Iran. (Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)
Iranian Revolutionary Guards march during a parade commemorating the 31st anniversary of Iran-Iraq war on September 22, 2011 in Tehran, Iran. (Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)
Commentary
Sanctions Relief for Terrorists
Lee Smith
Former Senior Fellow
Lee Smith
Commentary
2 Min Read
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) and the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi (L), July 15, 2015, (ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) and the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi (L), July 15, 2015, (ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
Enforcing the Iran Deal: Another Gaping Hole
Hillel Fradkin
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World
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Lewis Libby
Former Senior Vice President
Hillel Fradkin & Lewis Libby
Commentary
5 Min Read
Lebanese protesters clash with security forces during a demonstration against the ongoing trash crisis in Beirut, August 22, 2015. (ANWAR AMRO/AFP/Getty Images)
Lebanese protesters clash with security forces during a demonstration against the ongoing trash crisis in Beirut, August 22, 2015. (ANWAR AMRO/AFP/Getty Images)
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Lebanon's Garbage Politics
Lee Smith
Former Senior Fellow
Lee Smith
Commentary
6 Min Read
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