Its diplomatic feat of restoring relations in the Middle East reflects less its position as a rising power than the startling decline of American regional credibility.
Defying predictions of his political demise, the country’s authoritarian president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan came first on Sunday and is now favored to win reelection in the runoff on May 28.
There is probably no better evidence of how poorly the War on Terror demonstrated its stated goal of the rule of law than the little-noted use, and misuse, of security contractors.