Aaron Stein

@aaronstein1

Senior Resident Fellow ; Author, Turkey's New Foreign Policy: . Contributing editor at War on the Rocks. Views are all my own

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  1. 2 hours ago

    And using KSA cash to pay for US diplomats, thereby requiring Washington to run rearguard protection for a leader that sent a hit squad to Turkey to kill an insider turned columnist, whose death TR is now using as leverage to topple a young man committed to countering TR in GCC

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  2. 2 hours ago

    I would have more appreciation for the US approach to Turkey if the policy in Syria was not tantamount to using troops as human shields to leverage a piece of territory as leverage to punish Iran and undermine Assad with a hold force Ankara is determined to destroy

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    2 hours ago
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    Surprised they didn’t just cut out the middle man and ask the Saudis to kill Gulen

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  4. 2 hours ago

    Ill just say this. This is not the first time this has been looked at. And the first time had nothing - zero, nada - to do with KSA. It also died (although it didn’t leak b/c of the different admin).

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  5. 2 hours ago

    Sometimes when you throw whacky ideas at the wall, people leak to make sure they are dead and killed.

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  6. 5 hours ago

    For those of us that follow Turkish news closely, we’ve noticed. Harder and harder to find actual news.

    Columnist at Yeni Şafak Kemal Öztürk, responded to Demirören Media's Mehmet Soysal piece on problems of going digital in media, by saying that it is not only free access to content that is the problem but also the fact that the newspapers are all the same content-wise.
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  7. 7 hours ago

    So this is what it is like to watch mass hysteria on twitter in an English speaking country. Just remember friends across the Atlantic, when you think you have hit rock bottom, there is still a place to dig your own grave.

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  8. 7 hours ago

    Where will financing come from?

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  9. Nov 14

    S-400 news incoming

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  10. Nov 13

    The story does not resemble the analysis. POTUS is — for once — telling the truth on Twitter.

    The New York Times stands by our story, which is based on satellite imagery analyzed by experts:
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    Nov 13

    Today, we launch the first episode of 'Jaw-Jaw'-- a bold new . Season 1 is all about !

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  12. Nov 13

    Ahem —>

    1. The Syrian experience ought to prompt some introspection in Washington and at the Pentagon about the complications of relying on non-state partner forces – in this case, both a Kurdish-led force outside or even opposed to the region's existing state architecture, and these... …
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    Nov 13

    November 13th is a day of mourning in France which remembers the terrorist attacks of 2015. 130 innocents were murdered. Let’s not forget them.

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  14. Nov 13

    This attack should push renewed talks about the safe haven myth and its prevalence in US national security strategy

    3 yrs ago, ISIS-linked terrorists killed 130 people across Paris. Attackers used private Telegram channels to coordinate; 6 days after the attacks, Telegram CEO tweeted “privacy is paramount.” However, ISIS private channels continue to play a large role in terrorist plots today.. …
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    Nov 13

    My hot take on Gaza, please be kind.

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  16. Nov 13

    . writing for on the US - Turkish relationship :: Neither Friend nor Foe via

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    Nov 12

    A couple recent podcasts I participated in: In Seoul, I jointed to chat about DPRK nuclear forces: And just before that, joined and on to chat India/Pakistan and nukes on subs:

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    Nov 12

    A political stunt mission with no budget allocation to support it, meaning it will pull from actual funded needs. If you are a defense wonk who previously pontificated on readiness but are silent on this, hand in your pundit card.

    Defense Department budget officials fret that if the number of troops sent to the border does reach 15,000, the price tag could hit $200 million, with no specific budget allocation from which to draw
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  19. Nov 12

    A SEAL isn’t a huge media celebrity. Hahahah

    The fact that Dan Crenshaw hasn’t been as big a political celebrity as Beto shows the media’s political bias disguised as cultural bias
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    Nov 12

    Great article by my friend

    It is comforting to conclude that the US could have helped prevent WWII by committing to the construction of a liberal, rules-based European order after 1918. But is that right?
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