The statements are in line with Biden’s vow to put a new priority on democracy promotion, but the United States and Turkey have plenty of other disputes likely to exacerbate tensions. “Turkey and the United States have different interests and do not share values. Yet Tol said that Biden, despite his emphasis on democracy, was also pragmatic. For Biden, he wrote, a reset means restoring a US-led liberal international order in which Turkey reverses its growing ties with Russia and a rising China. But for Erdogan, “a reset means that the US would come to terms with the new geopolitical reality in Turkey’s neighborhood, including Turkey’s role in it.”

Source: Libya Today February 12, 2021 23:03 UTC