Two days after the US and Israel launched new airstrikes on Iran, Hürcan Aslı Aksoy, a senior fellow at the Centre for Applied Turkey Studies at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, discussed what this means for Ankara with Diego Cupolo, editor-in-chief at Turkey recap.
Aksoy is the author of a recent report on Israel-Turkey regional competition and, after laying out the implications of war in Iran for both nations, she detailed its potential impacts on Israel-Turkey power dynamics across the region.
Covered in this podcast are the competing interests and escalation risks between Turkey and Israel in Syria, the Eastern Mediterranean, the Horn of Africa and beyond.
Referenced in this talk:
US-Israeli strikes kill Khamenei and Iranian retaliation shakes Gulf (Reuters)
Türkei–Israel: Riskante Eskalation in einer fragmentierten Regionalordnung (SWP)
Israel’s actions affecting SDF–Damascus integration talks: FM Fidan (DS)
New alignments and old rivalries are heating up the Eastern Mediterranean (WPR)
Israel becomes first country to recognize Somaliland (AJ)
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