Mar 06 2020 26 mins 9
In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein and Elliot Waldman talk about Turkey’s escalating military confrontation with the Russian-backed forces of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria. They also discuss the refugee crisis that erupted this week along the Greece-Turkey border. If you like what you hear on Trend Lines and what you’ve read on WPR, you can sign up for our free newsletter to get our uncompromising analysis delivered straight to your inbox. The newsletter offers a free preview article every day of the week, plus three more complimentary articles in our weekly roundup every Friday. Sign up here. Then subscribe. Relevant Articles on WPR: An Isolated Erdogan Learns the Cost of Hubris in Idlib NATO Is in Denial About the Risk of War Between Turkey and Russia Turkey and NATO May Be at Loggerheads, but They Still Need Each Other A Responsibility to Protect the Earth? Reframing Sovereignty in the Anthropocene In the Dominican Republic, Protests Could Challenge the Ruling Party’s Grip Trend Lines is produced and edited by Peter Dörrie, a freelance journalist and analyst focusing on security and resource politics in Africa. You can follow him on Twitter at @peterdoerrie. To send feedback or questions, email us at [email protected].
