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Russia in Africa

Thursday, September 26, 2024 from 12 noon – 2 pm

Ambassador Mark L. Asquino (ret)

The Cold War pitted the United States against the Soviet Union in ideological and sometimes proxy military confrontations throughout Africa. Beginning with the independence of African nations starting in the late 1950’s, it continued in the decades that followed through wars for national liberation in Southern Africa. But with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the new Russian Federation largely turned away from Africa.

This has dramatically changed under Putin, and Russia is now engaged in a new Cold War with the West in Africa. In recent years, Moscow has achieved security, political and economic ascendancy in the Central African Republic, Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso. Its influence is also on the rise elsewhere, including in Equatorial Guinea, where I served as the U.S. ambassador.

In this talk, I will analyze how the new U.S.-Russia competition differs from the previous one with the Soviet Union. I will also briefly consider the impact China’s aggressive role in Africa is having on this East-West power dynamic.

Ambassador Mark L. Asquino is a retired, career Foreign Service Officer. His three decades plus career included postings in Latin America, Europe, Central Asia and Africa. He served as U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (2012-15), Spain’s only former colony in sub-Saharan Africa, and he previously served in the Former Soviet Union, Europe as well as Latin America.

Prior to entering the Foreign Service, Mark was the Fulbright Lecturer in American Studies at the University of Oviedo in Asturias, Spain (1975-76). His BA and Ph.D. are from Brown University. Mark and his wife Jane live in Santa Fe, New Mexico where he is a member of the board of directors of the Global Santa Fe. Mark’s memoir, Spanish Connections: My Diplomatic Journey from Venezuela to Equatorial Guinea was published in 2023. The book is available from Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

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Payment for this program is non-refundable after  September 19, 2024 if you are unable to attend.  We strongly prefer that payment be made by Paypal or check postmarked by September 19, 2024 at the latest to facilitate check in. It is also very helpful if you are sending a check to email us at sfwaforum@outlook.com to let us know you plan to attend.

If you are not a member but interested in membership, please see our membership page and email sfwaforum@outlook.com for additional information.   

Because we are a 501(c)(3) organization, dues and contributions are tax deductible. 

For pricing and reservations, click here: https://sfwaf.org/payment/

Location: SFCC Board Room (#223) is in the West Wing (Administration building). The college is located at 6401 Richards Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87508. Enter through the building’s main entrance (on the left side of the building behind the flag poles). The Board Room is on the corridor to the left of the Campus Center.

Directions: From Rodeo Road turn south onto Richards Avenue. Turn into the campus main drive. Parking lots are in front of the building. From I-25 take the Cerrillos Road exit, turn east onto Governor Miles Road and then right onto Richards Avenue. Then follow directions above.

The Speaker

Ambassador Mark L. Asquino (ret)
Ambassador Mark L. Asquino (ret)US Ambassador (ret), Career Foreign Service Officer
Ambassador Mark L. Asquino is a retired, career Foreign Service Officer. His three decades plus career included postings in Latin America, Europe, Central Asia and Africa. He served as U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (2012-15), Spain’s only former colony in sub-Saharan Africa, and he previously served in the Former Soviet Union, Europe as well as Latin America.

Prior to entering the Foreign Service, Mark was the Fulbright Lecturer in American Studies at the University of Oviedo in Asturias, Spain (1975-76). His BA and Ph.D. are from Brown University. Mark and his wife Jane live in Santa Fe, New Mexico where he is a member of the board of directors of the Global Santa Fe. Mark’s memoir, Spanish Connections: My Diplomatic Journey from Venezuela to Equatorial Guinea was published in 2023. The book is available from Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

Russia in Africa2024-10-03T02:46:55-07:00

Wagner, Nietzsche and the Origins of Fascism

Wednesdays February 21 – March 20, 2024, 12:30 Noon Eastern & 9:30 Pacific

Dr. James L. West

In a historical moment when democracies around the world are under unprecedented stress, it might be instructive to reconsider the classic case of democratic collapse – the Weimar Republic.

The origins of this catastrophe were buried deeply in a national culture which German elites lauded as their Sonderweg their exceptionalist past distinctly different from that of the western democracies. This alternative culture was classically enshrined in the music of Richard Wagner and the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche.

From late nineteenth century on these illiberal forces in Germany challenged and ultimately destroyed a nascent democratic movement, and emerged in the most malignant form of dictatorship, Nazi fascism. Given the historical experience we might reflect on how democracies survive or succumb when faced with aggressive challenges from retrogressive anti-democratic movements.

Below is the link to register for this series. You only have to register once to receive the information to join via Zoom in meeting format, which allows participants to see and hear each other and interact with Dr. West:

Click here to Register>>>

Week 1, February 21, 2024 Modernity and the Peculiarities of German History

Week 2, February 28, 2024 The Music of Richard Wagner: The Ring of the Nibelungen

Week 3, March 6, 2024 The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche – The Birth Tragedy and Zarathustra

Week 4, March 13, 2024 The Weimar Republic and the Philosophy of Martin Heidegger

Week 5, March 20, 2024 The Rise of Fascism and the SS State

The Speaker

Dr. James L. West
Dr. James L. WestSFWAF Member
Dr. James L. West a specialist in Russian society, holds a PhD in prerevolutionary Russian history from Princeton University. He taught at the European University in St Petersburg, Russia from 2015-17, the sole remaining private university in the Russian Federation, closed in 2017 by the Russian government in its drive to eliminate western liberal thought in the country.

He most recently addressed SFWAF audiences on history of the Ukraine-Russia conflict via the 6 part web series entitled: “Russia-Ukraine: Forward to the Past” in February – March, 2023. Dr West was a professor of history and humanities at Middlebury College (1995-2011), and professor of history at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. (1971-95)

During his academic career, he was the recipient of several prestigious US government grants to conduct and publish research in and on the Soviet Union which resulted in Between Tsar and People (1991) and Merchant Moscow (1991), Princeton University Press and republished in Russia in 2008which he edited.

In addition to Russian history, West has taught courses on the interplay of culture, society, intellectual thought and politics in Russia and Central Europe. He spoke at SFWAF’s first symposium “A Window on Russia” in 2006 and at our 2018 symposium “Values, Myths and Interests: American Foreign Policy in an Unstable World” on “Up Off Our Knees: The Search for a Usable Past for Russia’s Resurgence.”

Wagner, Nietzsche and the Origins of Fascism2024-03-27T04:26:51-07:00

A Refugee Camp on a Greek Island Opens Its Arms to Middle Eastern Asylum Seekers

February 25, 2024, 12 noon – 2pm 

Jane Abbott

Why do Middle Eastern refugees still try to reach Europe via Greece as they continue to arrive at night in small, often inflatable dinghies from Turkey? How are they treated once they arrive? Who are they? How long do they stay in a refugee camp before being allowed to move on? Who operates the camp and funds it? Who are the volunteers who staff them?

This is where refugee organizations come in. There are far too many refugees for single individuals to help. The asylum seekers who find their way to the Greek refugee camp Offene Arme are lucky ones. We see videos of those less fortunate but others make it successfully to Europe. Offene Arme (Open Arms from German) represents a Greek refugee organization on the island of Chios near the Turkish mainland that has been working for eight years to help asylum seekers survive and prepare for a new life. What is its story and what do the many volunteers associated with it do?

Jane Abbott has a history of association with Greece that goes back almost 60 years. She spent a summer in Greece as an exchange student and then earned her bachelor’s degree at the American College in Greece (Deree College) in 1967. She spent three years in Greece before she returned to the US to pursue graduate studies. Once Jane finished her master’s degree and taught literature, philosophy, and history at the college level, she entered the US Peace Corps and spent seven years in Nepal.

Jane taught at a village school near Gorkha in Nepal and then taught master’s degree Candidates at the University of Nepal. She also taught ESL to Nepali students and worked as a contractor for the Peace Corps identifying and evaluating sites for future Peace Corps Volunteers. With her family, after seven years, Jane moved to the Solomon Islands in Melanesia where she ran training programs. She also worked in Kiribati in Micronesia visiting and supporting Peace Corp Volunteers on site. After returning to the US, Jane completed her Ph.D. and taught integrated humanities for a number of years at community colleges. This course was primarily about the Ancient Greeks and Romans, and throughout this time, Jane has taken small groups of travelers from various universities and colleges to Greece, a total of at least 25 times.. .

In 2017 Jane learned about an organization on the Greek island of Chios that had been started in 2015 when Pothiti Kitromylidi (known affectionately as Toula) saw refugees on the beach near her house and gave them food and water and a place to stay. Since that time, thousands of refugees have arrived on the island which is only several miles from the western Turkish border from whence they come on rickety boats. Jane has worked with the umbrella NGO, Offene Arme (Open Arms in German) three times, and she will explain the different roles she has played in the organization as a volunteer, one of 2,500 volunteers to assist refugees on Chios over the past eight years.

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Payment for this program is non-refundable after  February 17, 2024 if you are unable to attend.  We strongly prefer that payment be made by Paypal or check postmarked by February 17, 2024 at the latest to facilitate check in. It is also very helpful if you are sending a check to email us at sfwaforum@outlook.com to let us know you plan to attend.

If you are not a member but interested in membership, please see our membership page and email sfwaforum@outlook.com for additional information.   

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For pricing and reservations, click here: https://sfwaf.org/payment/

Location: SFCC Board Room (#223) is in the West Wing (Administration building). The college is located at 6401 Richards Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87508. Enter through the building’s main entrance (on the left side of the building behind the flag poles). The Board Room is on the corridor to the left of the Campus Center.

Directions: From Rodeo Road turn south onto Richards Avenue. Turn into the campus main drive. Parking lots are in front of the building. From I-25 take the Cerrillos Road exit, turn east onto Governor Miles Road and then right onto Richards Avenue. Then follow directions above.

The Speaker

Jane Abbott
Jane AbbottSFWAF Member
Jane Abbott graduated fromThe American College of Greece in Athens, Greece. She was a Peace Corps Volunteer and Peace Corps staff in Nepal, the Solomon Islands, and Kiribati. She earned a Ph.D. from Colorado State University in community college leadership. She taught mostly integrated humanities in community colleges in Colorado and served as a dean for 12 years. She has also participated in three short-term Fulbrights in Paraguay, Germany, and Thailand. Most recently, Jane directed a program for first generation, low income students at Santa Fe Community College.
During Madagascar’s crises of 2002 and 2009, Dan documented human rights abuses and communicated with the US State Department and international human rights organizations. From these experiences and others, he has a unique perspective on U.S. policy towards Madagascar.

An avid botanist, Dan has named three new species. He has co-authored several academic journal articles and is currently preparing “A Guide to Trees of Ranomafana National Park” for publication. His work has been recognized by colleagues who have named plants after him; he has received the William Gibson Eco-Justice lifetime achievement award in 2006 and the Chevalier de l’Ordre National de Madagascar in 2014.

A Refugee Camp on a Greek Island Opens Its Arms to Middle Eastern Asylum Seekers2024-01-27T20:20:20-07:00

Challenges in Madagascar: Improving Food Security, Preserving Biodiversity, and Promoting Democracy

January 18, 2024, 12 noon – 2pm 

Dan Turk

Dan Turk has spent nearly 30 years working in Madagascar—an island nation off the coast of East Africa – that has some of the greatest biodiversity in the world but also one of the highest levels of poverty. Once covered mostly in forests, Madagascar has few pockets of native trees remaining, one of which is in the Ranomafana National Park where Dan did his doctoral research.

Part of that research resulted in the Ranomafana Arboretum, founded in 2007 to provide educational opportunities for learning about many of Madagascar’s famous and amazing trees as well as fruit trees that can contribute to improving food security. Dan and his Malagasy colleagues propagate native trees of exceptional educational value for planting at schools, churches, and other public places to increase appreciation of Madagascar’s rich biodiversity. Alongside his environmental work, Dan focuses on helping low-income farmers grow fruit trees to get on a path out of poverty.

For the past 26 years as a Mission Co-worker of the Presbyterian Church (USA), he has partnered with the Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar (FJKM). He helped establish the FJKM’s Fruits, Vegetables, and Environmental Education program, which has set up 6 fruit centers and provides internships for university students and training for seminary students, church pastors and members, and farmers who learn to grow and graft fruit trees to improve their food security and income.

During Madagascar’s crises of 2002 and 2009, Dan documented human rights abuses and communicated with the US State Department and international human rights organizations. From these experiences and others, he has a unique perspective on U.S. policy towards Madagascar.

An avid botanist, Dan has named three new species. He has co-authored several academic journal articles and is currently preparing “A Guide to Trees of Ranomafana National Park” for publication. His work has been recognized by colleagues who have named plants after him; he has received the William Gibson Eco-Justice lifetime achievement award in 2006 and the Chevalier de l’Ordre National de Madagascar in 2014.

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Registration: This SFWAF lunch is $25 for members and $35 for nonmembers. You may pay by check made out to SFWAF and mailed to The Santa Fe World Affairs Forum, Santa Fe, PO Box 31965, NM 87594 or with a credit card using our Paypal account.  Please indicate on your check or if using Paypal please note in “add special instructions to the seller” that your payment is for the Thursday January 18, 2024 program.  If you are not a member please also include your best contact information. If you are interested in membership, please email us.

Payment for this program is non-refundable after  January 10, 2024 if you are unable to attend.  We strongly prefer that payment be made by Paypal or check postmarked by January 10, 2024 at the latest to facilitate check in. It is also very helpful if you are sending a check to email us at sfwaforum@outlook.com to let us know you plan to attend.

If you are not a member but interested in membership, please see our membership page and email sfwaforum@outlook.com for additional information.   

Because we are a 501(c)(3) organization, dues and contributions are tax deductible. 

For pricing and reservations, click here: https://sfwaf.org/payment/

Location: SFCC Board Room (#223) is in the West Wing (Administration building). The college is located at 6401 Richards Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87508. Enter through the building’s main entrance (on the left side of the building behind the flag poles). The Board Room is on the corridor to the left of the Campus Center.

Directions: From Rodeo Road turn south onto Richards Avenue. Turn into the campus main drive. Parking lots are in front of the building. From I-25 take the Cerrillos Road exit, turn east onto Governor Miles Road and then right onto Richards Avenue. Then follow directions above.

The Speaker

Dan Turk
Dan TurkAn Avid Botanist
Dan Turk has spent nearly 30 years working in Madagascar—an island nation off the coast of East Africa – that has some of the greatest biodiversity in the world but also one of the highest levels of poverty. Once covered mostly in forests, Madagascar has few pockets of native trees remaining, one of which is in the Ranomafana National Park where Dan did his doctoral research.

Part of that research resulted in the Ranomafana Arboretum, founded in 2007 to provide educational opportunities for learning about many of Madagascar’s famous and amazing trees as well as fruit trees that can contribute to improving food security. Dan and his Malagasy colleagues propagate native trees of exceptional educational value for planting at schools, churches, and other public places to increase appreciation of Madagascar’s rich biodiversity. Alongside his environmental work, Dan focuses on helping low-income farmers grow fruit trees to get on a path out of poverty.

For the past 26 years as a Mission Co-worker of the Presbyterian Church (USA), he has partnered with the Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar (FJKM). He helped establish the FJKM’s Fruits, Vegetables, and Environmental Education program, which has set up 6 fruit centers and provides internships for university students and training for seminary students, church pastors and members, and farmers who learn to grow and graft fruit trees to improve their food security and income.

During Madagascar’s crises of 2002 and 2009, Dan documented human rights abuses and communicated with the US State Department and international human rights organizations. From these experiences and others, he has a unique perspective on U.S. policy towards Madagascar.

An avid botanist, Dan has named three new species. He has co-authored several academic journal articles and is currently preparing “A Guide to Trees of Ranomafana National Park” for publication. His work has been recognized by colleagues who have named plants after him; he has received the William Gibson Eco-Justice lifetime achievement award in 2006 and the Chevalier de l’Ordre National de Madagascar in 2014.

Challenges in Madagascar: Improving Food Security, Preserving Biodiversity, and Promoting Democracy2024-01-09T01:58:01-07:00

A Jewish Perspective on the Relationship Between Lewis Strauss and J. Robert Oppenheimer

December 7, 2023, 12 noon – 2pm 

Jack Shlachter

In June 1954 the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) revoked the security clearance of Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientific leader of the Manhattan Project to develop the first atomic bombs. Particularly in Los Alamos, the canonical view today of the clearance clash between Oppenheimer and 1954 AEC Chairman Lewis Strauss paints Oppenheimer as the victim and Strauss as the villain.

This presentation will focus on the Jewish dimension of these two individuals and reflect on how their opposing approaches to their respective Jewish heritage may have contributed to the revocation. We’ll begin by exploring the history of the Jewish presence in the United States and the mechanisms used by Jews to integrate into American society.

A little-known connection between Strauss and the Los Alamos Jewish Center, co-host of this presentation, will be described. Through the efforts in part of the Los Alamos-based J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee, in December 2022 the Secretary of Energy apologized for the clearance revocation and vacated the June 1954 decision In The Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer.

Jack Shlachter is a physicist who worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory for over thirty years with briefer stints at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, the latter two based in Vienna, Austria; he led both the Physics Division and Theoretical Division during his LANL career. In parallel, Jack is an ordained rabbi who led the Jewish congregation in Los Alamos for many years, was the rabbi in Center Moriches, NY, during his years at Brookhaven, and now serves as rabbi of HaMakom, a congregation in Santa Fe, NM as well as the Los Alamos Jewish Center. He has also provided itinerant rabbinic support to far-flung Jewish communities including those in Vienna, Austria, and Beijing, China.

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Registration: This SFWAF lunch is $25 for members and $35 for nonmembers. You may pay by check made out to SFWAF and mailed to The Santa Fe World Affairs Forum, Santa Fe, PO Box 31965, NM 87594 or with a credit card using our Paypal account.  Please indicate on your check or if using Paypal please note in “add special instructions to the seller” that your payment is for the Thursday December 7, 2023 program.  If you are not a member please also include your best contact information. If you are interested in membership, please email us.

Payment for this program is non-refundable after  December 1, 2023 if you are unable to attend.  We strongly prefer that payment be made by Paypal or check postmarked by December 1, 2023 at the latest to facilitate check in. It is also very helpful if you are sending a check to email us at sfwaforum@outlook.com to let us know you plan to attend.

If you are not a member but interested in membership, please see our membership page and email sfwaforum@outlook.com for additional information.   

Because we are a 501(c)(3) organization, dues and contributions are tax deductible. 

For pricing and reservations, click here: https://sfwaf.org/payment/

Location: SFCC Board Room (#223) is in the West Wing (Administration building). The college is located at 6401 Richards Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87508. Enter through the building’s main entrance (on the left side of the building behind the flag poles). The Board Room is on the corridor to the left of the Campus Center.

Directions: From Rodeo Road turn south onto Richards Avenue. Turn into the campus main drive. Parking lots are in front of the building. From I-25 take the Cerrillos Road exit, turn east onto Governor Miles Road and then right onto Richards Avenue. Then follow directions above.

The Speaker

Jack Shlachter
Jack ShlachterPhysicist who worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory for over thirty years with briefer stints at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization
Jack Shlachter is a physicist who worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory for over thirty years with briefer stints at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, the latter two based in Vienna, Austria; he led both the Physics Division and Theoretical Division during his LANL career. In parallel, Jack is an ordained rabbi who led the Jewish congregation in Los Alamos for many years, was the rabbi in Center Moriches, NY, during his years at Brookhaven, and now serves as rabbi of HaMakom, a congregation in Santa Fe, NM as well as the Los Alamos Jewish Center. He has also provided itinerant rabbinic support to far-flung Jewish communities including those in Vienna, Austria, and Beijing, China.

A Jewish Perspective on the Relationship Between Lewis Strauss and J. Robert Oppenheimer2023-11-25T07:40:20-07:00

Surviving in a Tough Neighborhood: Turkish Foreign Policy and the Black Sea Region in the 2020s

November 3, 2023, 12 noon – 2pm

Dr. Gary M. Grossman

In this presentation, Dr. Grossman examines Turkiye’s political strategy in the Black Sea region, including but not restricted to its response to the effects of the Russo-Ukrainian War. Turkiye has attempted and continues to try to balance competing interests in the area and, in so doing, achieve its own foreign policy aims. This approach has often been misunderstood by outsiders, particularly in the West. In our discussion, we will attempt to better understand the Turkish point of view and gain some insight into the future of the region after the conclusion of the present armed conflict.

Dr. Gary M. Grossman is the Founding Associate Director of Academic Programs and Associate Professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University. He is also currently a Visiting Scientist with the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization. He offers more than three decades of experience in the management of political, social, and technological development projects around the world with a particular focus on Turkey and Eurasia and was a Fulbright research scholar at METU in Ankara.   Dr. Grossman received his MS and PhD in Political Sociology from Purdue University and did his undergraduate work at Raymond College of the University of the Pacific. Some of you may remember Dr. Grossman from his presentation at our April 2023 symposium.

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Registration: This SFWAF lunch is $25 for members and $35 for nonmembers. You may pay by check made out to SFWAF and mailed to The Santa Fe World Affairs Forum, Santa Fe, PO Box 31965, NM 87594 or with a credit card using our Paypal account.  Please indicate on your check or if using Paypal please note in “add special instructions to the seller” that your payment is for the Friday November 3, 2023 program.  If you are not a member please also include your best contact information. If you are interested in membership, please email us.

Payment for this program is non-refundable after  October 27, 2023 if you are unable to attend.  We strongly prefer that payment be made by Paypal or check postmarked by October 27, 2023 at the latest to facilitate check in. It is also very helpful if you are sending a check to email us at sfwaforum@outlook.com to let us know you plan to attend.

If you are not a member but interested in membership, please see our membership page and email sfwaforum@outlook.com for additional information.   

Because we are a 501(c)(3) organization, dues and contributions are tax deductible. 

For pricing and reservations, click here: https://sfwaf.org/payment/

Location: The Health Sciences Building, Room 487 is in SFCC’S East Wing. The program begins at 12, lunch will follow at tables at the nearby Bio Wall. The college is located at 6401 Richards Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87508. 

Directions: From Rodeo Road turn south onto Richards Avenue. Turn into the campus main drive. Parking lots are in front of the building. From I-25 take the Cerrillos Road exit, turn east onto Governor Miles Road and then right onto Richards Avenue. Then follow directions above.

The Speaker

Dr. Gary M. Grossman
Dr. Gary M. GrossmanAssociation Director, School for the Future of Innovation, Arizona State University, former Fulbright research scholar, METU, Ankara, Turkey
Dr. Gary M. Grossman is the Founding Associate Director of Academic Programs and Associate Professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University. He is also currently a Visiting Scientist with the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization. He offers more than three decades of experience in the management of political, social, and technological development projects around the world with a particular focus on Turkey and Eurasia and was a Fulbright research scholar at METU in Ankara. Dr. Grossman received his MS and PhD in Political Sociology from Purdue University and did his undergraduate work at Raymond College of the University of the Pacific. Some of you may remember Dr. Grossman from his presentation at our April 2023 symposium.

Surviving in a Tough Neighborhood: Turkish Foreign Policy and the Black Sea Region in the 2020s2023-11-25T07:37:51-07:00
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