Having been encircled by shifts in Afghanistan and Iraq, and distanced from the EU because of the ongoing nuclear scuffle via the IAEA, Iran is reaching out to Turkey. This is particularly interesting given the current administration's consistent push for the EU to accept Turkey as a member. Though the EU has balked so far, in part due to cultural xenophobia, such an emergent linkage would permit population flows from Iran and Turkey to the EU, and also link up economies further. Strategically, this would be in line with Barnett's Core and Gap framing.
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