Abstract
This article analyzes the potential impact of Turkeys foreign policy on Russias soft power in several regions of the world. The author believes that the policy of President R.T. Erdogan in the Mediterranean, the Middle East and the Aegean Sea can cause significant damage to the image and international prestige of Moscow. The article argues that Russian policy should minimize the toxic impact of R.T. Erdogans foreign policy on Russias soft power in the considered regions.
Highlights
The Russian Federation is cultivating energetically its Soft Power, especially during the current cynical and labyrinthine phase of international relations
It seems to follow that Russia should “contain” its own “Turkey problem”, since President Erdogan’s errors and crimes could damage by implication Moscow’s image and international prestige
Particular emphasis will be placed on Ankara’s obsessive aggressiveness against Cyprus and Greece through Erdogan’s endless military threats and legal and factual distortions. Such behavior against Moscow’s two traditionally “special” friends needs to be exposed: first, because Ankara’s foreign policy poses as different from what it really is; second, in order to show the banality of fake news and fake analyses generated by skillful Turkish propaganda; third, because the developing Russia-Turkey association keeps antagonizing the special Russia-Greece and Russia-Cyprus affinities and bonds; and because Moscow is uniquely placed to minimize the toxic effects of Erdogan’s adventurism on Russia’s Soft Power
Summary
The Russian Federation is cultivating energetically its Soft Power, especially during the current cynical and labyrinthine phase of international relations. Such behavior against Moscow’s two traditionally “special” friends needs to be exposed: first, because Ankara’s foreign policy poses as different from what it really is; second, in order to show the banality of fake news and fake analyses generated by skillful Turkish propaganda; third, because the developing Russia-Turkey association keeps antagonizing the special Russia-Greece and Russia-Cyprus affinities and bonds; and because Moscow is uniquely placed to minimize the toxic effects of Erdogan’s adventurism on Russia’s Soft Power.
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