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Geopolitics•September 18, 2026

Why Ukraine and the Turkic World Need Each Other

Russia’s failures in the war in Ukraine have yielded an overlooked consequence: the re-emergence of Turkic influence in Eurasia. Ukraine's survival

Why Ukraine and the Turkic World Need Each Other

Russia’s failures in the war in Ukraine have yielded an overlooked consequence: the re-emergence of Turkic influence in Eurasia. Ukraine’s survival constrains Moscow’s ability to reassert pressure on the South Caucasus and Central Asia, while Turkic states increasingly see the decline in Russian power as an opportunity to expand their strategic autonomy. In the short […]

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