The top ten geopolitical events of the last decade
By James Rogers and Luis Simón
Last year, we made ten geopolitical predictions, which we thought would occur over the next decade. This year, we look back on what we believe are the ten most important events of the previous ten years, whose significance is such that they will shape profoundly the rest of the twenty-first century:
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9. Turkey repositions itself in the Middle East
The victory of the Justice and Development Party in Turkey in 2002 accelerated Ankara?s shift away from a near-exclusive focus on the European Union and the Atlantic Alliance. The country has an increasingly multi-vector approach to foreign policy, looking east and south as well as west. With seventy-eight million people and a rapidly growing population, the last decade saw Turkey put in place the foundations on which to build up its power in the Middle East.
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