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Ersel Aydinli

Essay
Jan/Feb
2006
The Turkish Military's March Toward Europepremium content icon
Ersel Aydinli, Nihat Ali Özcan, and Dogan Akyaz

Without the Turkish military's support, Ankara cannot comply with the reforms necessary for Turkey to join the EU. So far, the top brass have cooperated, even when reforms have curbed their power, because they have looked at EU membership as both the culmination of the country's modernization and a way to battle nagging domestic problems. But how much further will they go?
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In the Magazine

November/December 2009 / 6, 88
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In the Quicksands of Somalia
Bronwyn Bruton

Washington's repeated attempts to bring peace to Somalia with state-building initiatives have failed, even backfired. It should renounce political intervention and encourage local development without trying to improve governance.
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