But arguably, even if all the other issues at stake in the Washington-Ankara rift are resolved, until the US fashions a Middle Eastern and Syrian strategy that in some measure answers Turkey’s needs, Moscow will have all too easy an opportunity to intensify its efforts to drive Turkey out..…

For example, 1984 report by CIA analyst Fritz Ermarth observed that, The future of Soviet Union as superpower, East-West power balance, and the chance of US- Soviet in the next two decades are likely to be determined, more than anywhere else, in the south of Soviet borders stretching from India to the Eastern..…

It's also interesting to note that he makes no mention of U.S of Iraq, knee-jerk support for Israel and the unrelenting pressure on Syria starting with Syrian Accountability Act of 2003 and continuing with the embrace of Arab Spring. Jeffrey's unflinching embrace of Israeli and..…