The collapse of the Soviet Union awakened “neo-Ottoman” Turkish ambitions in the Caucasus and Central Asia, and revolution in the Middle East seemed to offer the heirs (if not orphans) of a long-dead empire an opportunity to avenge its loss. If a lazy and fearful Europe did not want Turkey, so much the worse for Europe; history was offering more glorious alternatives to the Turks.
苏联的解体唤醒了土耳其人在高加索和中亚的“新奥斯曼”雄心，而中东革命似乎给予了早已成为过往云烟的奥斯曼帝国继承者（如果不是孤儿的话）收复失地的机会。如果懒散而恐惧的欧洲不想要土耳其，真是太糟糕了；历史给了土耳其人好得多的替代方案。