1/ Absolutely. Lots at stake there, given Turkey's proximity to Syria, and its repeatedly stated ambitions to regain the Ottoman-era spheres of influence, primarily in the ME and the Balkans.
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Milorad Ekmecic, a great 20th century historian, wrote about "the conflicts of resentful nationalisms" as the main outcome of the Berlin Treaty (1878).As the outcome of unipolarism, the 2010s resemble it in so many ways, Russia being the only exception among great powers thus far
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i.e., acting as a sole modernizing force - in the 'conservative' modern sense of reaffirming sovereignty and popular will - rather than utilizing the various ethnic / national rivalries in the region, as the old colonial powers seem so fond of doing.
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