Can Turkey, Iran Cooperate on Syria?

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Another Iran vs Turkey thing.

@Zakii @Oscar, you better lock it down.

Neptune who is the moderator of this section ? There are lots of Trolls here and very little moderation.

 

[idune]

Here is interesting read on fast moving ME development

U.S. Moves on Syria, Iran Anger Saudi Arabia - WSJ.com

 

[xenon54 out]

Here is interesting read on fast moving ME development

U.S. Moves on Syria, Iran Anger Saudi Arabia - WSJ.com

Well, ME is a bubbling cauldron, nobody know what happens tomorrow, so i wont be suprised if they would find a compromise in Syrian issue.

Maybe even Iranian nuclear talks could do a little progress.

 

[idune]

But you know that this deal is not the first missile TOT deal with china?

We had allready a similar tot deal back in 80s with china.
WS-1

80's was a different era and Turkey was governed with different outlook and idea than today. Now order in geo politics is much more fragmented and contradictory. Having said that, WS-1 was MBRL system not much regional implications but missile defense has long term and regional implications.

Besides, Turkey could gain much more prominance and get more economic benefit by interacting more with east.

Well, ME is a bubbling cauldron, nobody know what happens tomorrow, so i wont be suprised if they would find a compromise in Syrian issue.

Maybe even Iranian nuclear talks could do a little progress.

That is likely outlook and in line with long term Turkish interest to have stable and friendly neighborhood.

 

[xenon54 out]

80's was a different era and Turkey was governed with different outlook than today. Now order in geo politics much more fragmented and contradictory. Having said that WS-1 was MBRL system not much regional implications but missile defense has long term and regional implications.

Besides, Turkey could gain much more prominance and get more economic benefit by interacting more with east.

Ofcourse it will interact more with east, its allready doing, but that doesnt mean its something against west, Turkey will continue its warm relations with west while building new relations in east.

 

[idune]

Ofcourse it will interact more with east, its allready doing, but that doesnt mean its something against west, Turkey will continue its warm relations with west while building new relations in east.

I dont think it is about hostile relation with west. It is matter of priority on relation based on interest and strategy. Priority on eastern relation should give turkey more benefit. BUT the way western mindset works they may not give you choice of making priority based on your interest. That is where political leadership and decision will be crucial for Turkey in coming days.

 

[xenon54 out]

I dont think it is about hostile relation with west. It is matter of priority on relation based on interest and strategy. Priority on eastern relation should give turkey more benefit. BUT the way western mindset works they may not give you choice of making priority based on your interest. That is where political leadership and decision will be crucial for Turkey in coming days.

Turkey need west, like west needs Turkey, 50% of Turkish export goes to EU, it is a not replaceable market for Turkey.
And west needs Turkey as a gateway to ME and Central Asia, also EU need Turkey if it wants to paypass Russia with energy routes.
West is still a technological superpower, theres no country in east that can reach this level, except Japan and maybe Korea and booth counts as western counrtys because of allys.
China is closing the gap, but slower than you think, i mean there is not even a single Chinese Car company that has nearly the same quality like western companys. Also compare the most famous brands in the world where are they from?

West is in a recession now but its not the first and it will be not the last, so all the prophecies of ''west is going down'' is just BS.
And asia is also not immune against recessions.
1997 Asian financial crisis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia