Politics: Turkey is preparing for a regional leapFor the past eight years Ankara has got used to speaking to the USA in a language of blackmail and ultimatums, using as a basic instrument of pressure the security of American forces in Iraq and the pipeline Baku-Tbilisi-Ceihan. November 8, 2008 Turkey is following in Russia's footsteps. Medvedev invited the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan to sign in Moscow a declaration on peaceful regulation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict; Ankara is trying to take the key position in the struggle for regional supremacy. Both Moscow and Ankara are in a hurry - there is little time left till shift of Administration in the White House. ![]() |