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Rauf Baker

Rauf Baker is a journalist and researcher with expertise on Europe and the Middle East.

A 3-Pillar Strategy to Deflate China

BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,031, May 16, 2021

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The West is facing an increasing challenge from China. There are several ways to meet that challenge: expanding, restoring, and deepening relations across different regions of the world; taking

Erdoğan as Merkel’s Protégé

BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,824, November 18, 2020

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Turkey’s relations with Germany have always been privileged, but Angela Merkel took that relationship even further by treating Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as a protégé in the international arena. Their

Is War Looming in the Baltic Sea?

BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,027, December 4, 2018

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Russia and Sweden have fought 12 wars over the course of their histories. In recent years, relations have grown tense once again between the expansionist superpower and the peaceable

The Islamization of Turkey

BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 805, April 22, 2018

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is focusing his Islamization policy on the education system in his bid to raise a “pious generation”. “Jihad” has become a frequent reference in

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