US President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s warming relations signal a return to pragmatic realism in US-Turkish relations, a welcome departure from the moralizing and ideologically-driven approach that has characterized much of Washington’s Middle East policy in recent decades. Foreign policy establishment critics are predictably hand-wringing about Trump’s willingness to engage with […]The post Trump-Erdogan detente a masterclass in transactional diplomacy appeared first on Asia Times.