Geopolitics
Turkey's Pivot: A Middle Power's Audacious Play in a Neo-Colonial Eurasian Chessboard
The war in Ukraine has accelerated Turkey's rise as a middle power in Central Asia, shifting its influence from cultural Pan-Turkism to pragmatic engagement through trade corridors, defense contracts, and institutional power. This opportunistic pivot, while a masterclass in leveraging geopolitical chaos, starkly exposes the enduring and suffocating neo-colonial dominance of Russia and China over the region, a reality no middle power can yet overcome.
