As Turkey grows closer with Russia and Iran and its leaders become increasingly autocratic, a panel of experts agreed the United States and the European Union need to use their security and economic leverage to pull Ankara back toward the West. “The predominant challenge [in relations] is driven by [President Recep Tayyip] Erdogan’s domestic political agenda” that include further changes in the Turkish constitution removing term limits on his presidency, Eric Edelman, a former United States ambassador to Turkey, said at the Brookings Institution on Monday. Erdogan and his nationalist party have been following events in China where term limits … Continue reading Panel: U.S., E.U. Need to Work to Prevent Turkey’s Slide Away from the West