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    WILLIAM HALE: ZERO-PROBLEM POLICY AS CHALLENGING AS RIDING TWO HORSES

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    12.11.2009 13:39 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey's current policy of zero problems with
    neighbors is better than its highly defensive and securitized foreign
    policy of the past, but this new policy puts Ankara in the position
    of a circus rider who is riding two horses at the same time, a Turkish
    expert said.

    "I think it is extremely difficult for Turkey at the moment to have
    good relations with Syria, Israel and Palestine," said Professor
    William Hale from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS),
    University of London.

    He recalled that there were times in the past, too, when
    Turkish-Israeli relations were not good - even worse than today. "For
    example, in the 1970s, there were sharp reactions from the Turkish
    government to the annexation of East Jerusalem by Israel. At one
    point, Turkey even broke off diplomatic relations with Israel, but
    now there is no intention of breaking relations. Relations with Israel
    are too developed to allow such a thing to happen. You have Hamas and
    a divided Palestine on the one side, and the rightist government in
    Israel on the other. That makes, for the time being, two horses going
    in opposite directions," he said, Today's Zaman reported.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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