Turkey and Russia get closer—and worry the West
by Ian Bremmer
Aug 13, 2016
2 minutes
LAST NOVEMBER, TURKEY SHOT DOWN A Russian fighter jet near the country’s border with Syria, provoking fears in Western capitals that Ankara and Moscow might stumble into conflict. Russia then imposed sanctions that badly damaged Turkey’s economy, and a chastened President Recep Tayyip Erdogan apologized in
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