For years, Turkey has been swinging back and forth between the United States and Russia, and while being the head of the wall, the benefits have not been less. Perhaps after years of co-optation between the United States and Russia, Erdogan has given Erdogan the illusion that Turkey is also a great power on the same level as the United States and Russia, and Erdogan can be said to have floated up directly recently, shouting the abolition of the veto power of the five permanent members of the United Nations. In addition, he also expelled the ambassadors of ten European and American countries, led by the United States.
It is understood that the direct cause of this series of events is mainly due to the public opinion of the Western media. After the Turkish businessman Osman Kavala was arrested by the Turkish authorities, the ambassadors of the United States, Germany, France and dozens of other countries stood up and defended him and demanded that the Turkish authorities release him. This caused Turkey to turn its face and directly announce the expulsion of the 10 ambassadors.
Although it is not clear what Erdogan's hole card is, in the current situation where Turkey has offended the United States and Russia at the same time, the biggest possibility is that he feels drifting. Of course, we do not rule out that Erdogan is far-sighted and has taken this step mainly to "cut off" the seat with Western countries. After all, in terms of geopolitics, the Western co-optation of Turkey is still essentially a Western egocentric worldview, which is very different from the erdogan government's line.
In short, the West is trying to get Turkey to take the lead of the United States and abandon Russia completely, but Erdogan is moving away from the Western-centrism of the Mustafa Kemal era and wants to return to the Islamic world by oscillating left and right between the United States and Russia. Looking back, it is clear that in 2013, the protests in Ghazi Park, Taksim Square, were a turning point in the opposite directions of the two sides.
Before that, Erdogan's communication with the West was still very weak, but after that, Erdogan became tough, and it is clear that at this time, Erdogan has understood that his uncontrollable geopolitical variables have become Turkey's bargaining chips against the West. This direct turn of the face has directly unveiled the essence of Western countries, external strengths and middle cadres.
As analyzed by the Rand think tank in the United States, the West is no longer monolithic, and various fierce contradictions are leading to the collapse of the Western ally system. If the United States does not respond well in the face of the provocation of the enemy, the U.S. alliance system may collapse. Although the United States is still the leader of the West, and the West will still follow the decisions made by the United States on many issues, this will not change the fact that the US alliance system is collapsing. There is no doubt that with the decline of the Western world, various differences and contradictions will further intensify, and the division of the Western camp will be sooner or later. Our main thing is to do our own thing and keep getting stronger, which is the most basic. 【Three Soils】