The forces shaping Middle East strategy.

Protests, Syrian airbases, and praying for Israel’s destruction.

Dreams of returning to the Ottoman Levant.

A debate.

Empowered by a declining Iran, Recep Tayyip Erdogan still fears Donald Trump.

Making friends and destroying weapons.

Experience demonstrates that exile is no solution.

The West must prepare for a disintegrating Iran and a rising Turkey.

Motivated by domestic politics and strategic worries.

Gaza and Gallipoli.

And why it matters.

“No self-respecting country should permit itself to be treated this way.”

And what the U.S. can do about it.