The withdrawal of US forces from Iraq only seems to have encouraged Turkey’s will to create a cordon sanitaire on the Iraqi side of the border – and possibly to establish a counterweight to Iran’s influence on a Shia-led government in Baghdad. And, while Turkey’s agreement to host NATO anti-missile radar facilities, and its recent seizure of a Syrian-registered arms ship, may please the West, here, too, its policies are focused on “hard” military power.
与此同时，土耳其以追剿所谓的游击队为由再度武力入侵伊拉克北部表明，强硬的反库尔德政策卷土重来了。美国从伊拉克撤军似乎助长了土耳其在土伊边境的伊拉克一侧建立防疫地带的决心——可能还准备与伊朗一争高下，争夺对巴格达什叶派政府的影响力。此外，尽管土耳其同意北约在其国内部署反导弹雷达系统，最近还扣留了一艘叙利亚注册的武装船只，这可能会取悦西方，但在这些事件中，土耳其的政策仍以“硬”军力为焦点。