In this short clip, Dr. Nolte discusses his recent presentation at the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) conference in Washington DC. Dr. Nolte’s research analyzes the ideological underpinnings of Turkish foreign policy in the Middle East, and the ways in which President Erdogan has drawn on the legacy of the Ottoman Empire to fashion a new Islamist vision of Turkish regional hegemony.
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