On the one hand, despite the economic crisis engulfing neighboring Europe, Turkey remains the world’s second-fastest growing economy, after China. On the other hand, there is almost no issue on the global agenda – from Iraq and Afghanistan to Somalia, Iran, and the Arab Spring, and from sustainable development to a dialogue among civilizations – on which Turkey is not playing a visible role.
芝加哥——近来，土耳其一直是国际经济和政治辩论的焦点。一方面，尽管经济危机席卷欧洲，与之为邻的土耳其仍保持世界第二的经济增速，仅次于中国。另一方面，土耳其的重要性几乎在所有全球性议题中得到体现——从伊拉克、阿富汗到索马里，从伊朗到阿拉伯春天，再从可持续发展到不同文明之间的对话。