I am not sure i have enough facts yet but with China getting ready to bail out EU nations, and Obama coming to India to seek US jobs, another set of data is coming to light: Turkey, which has long been waiting to join the EU, is now in far better economic shape that many of the member states. It is a healthy economy with a lower deficit than the EU. It already has pragmatic working relations with both the Arab world and Israel. It will have a free trade zone with Jordan as of March 1, 2011.
Two years ago, the prospect of China bailing out the EU or India providing jobs to the US would have been laughable. But with this trend, is there a possibility of Turkey returning to its traditional role as a major arbiter between East and West? If the EU weakens further, will individual EU nations seek help from Turkey? Stranger things have happened in the last few years . . .
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