Time To Work with Türkiye
In 2020, I authored "GameChanger", published in the US and Australia. I pointed at migration and importance of Türkiye. In 2024, I like to point at the New Economic Order and the role of Türkiye.
Now that the Age of Stooges are over, it is worth focusing on Türkiye. It is the economic and military power of a vast region. Caucasus, Balkans, North Africa, and Middle East are under its influence. That’s why China knows it is time to work with Türkiye! So does the Pentagon, most likely. I wonder if anyone in the Biden Administration has given any thought about it.
BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE
What is the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) exactly?
It consists of highways, railroads, ships, bridges, and tunnels. They are built to connect Beijing to London the fastest way possible.
The BRI uses two “natural” land bridges to make the journey. They are the Russian Federation and the Republic of Türkiye.
Time to Work with Türkiye
China understood twenty years ago that it is time to work with Türkiye.
At the same time, America stopped working with Türkiye. Here is the tally:
China was then only a trillion-dollar economy. America controlled nearly a quarter of the global GDP. Soon, China is expected to become the biggest world economy.
China Have Been Collaborating with Türkiye
Chinese-Turkish collaboration began after the turn of the Millennia. Türkiye, initially, acquired the technology to build long range missiles. Since then, their collaboration has increased leaps and bounds.
The Yavuz Sultan Selim bridge over the Bosphorus is one of the byproducts of this collaboration. It is like the Golden Gate in San Francisco, or the Verrazano Narrows in New York. It primarily serves the BRI.
America Stopped Collaborating with Türkiye
America stopped providing major military platforms to Turkiye at the turn of the century. As a result, Türkiye turned to the likes of China to fill the vacuum. Russia also obliged next, not missing the opportunity.
Twenty years later, Türkiye does not need much of anything military nature from America. It produces 80 percent of everything indigenously. The irony is, nowadays America needs Türkiye from ammunition to ordinances and high-tech.
Time to Work with Türkiye
When I published “GameChanger Trump Card: Türkiye and Erdogan” in 2020, I argued that America must collaborate with Türkiye. My argument, then, was about the ill-effects of the rise of migration from East to West.
Four years later, the New Economic Order explains the truth behind the demise of America. Coupled with the ongoing immigration problem. America can no longer remain an economic superpower much longer.
Unless it collaborates with Türkiye!
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