{"id":4853,"date":"2019-08-06T05:44:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T05:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=4853"},"modified":"2019-08-06T05:44:19","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T05:44:19","slug":"russia-to-benefit-strategically-by-building-turkeys-first-nuclear-plant-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2019\/08\/06\/russia-to-benefit-strategically-by-building-turkeys-first-nuclear-plant-the-independent\/","title":{"rendered":"RUSSIA TO BENEFIT STRATEGICALLY BY BUILDING TURKEY\u2019S FIRST NUCLEAR PLANT \u2013 THE INDEPENDENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4854\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2019\/08\/akkuyu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2019\/08\/akkuyu.jpg 620w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2019\/08\/akkuyu-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2019\/08\/akkuyu-560x298.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2019\/08\/akkuyu-260x138.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2019\/08\/akkuyu-160x85.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Source: Ahval News<\/p>\n<p>Turkey\u2019s drift away from its Western partners in favour of Russia is underpinned by Moscow\u2019s strategy of \u201cturning economic power into political influence and strategic advantage\u201d, said journalist Borzou Daragahi in a column for British daily the Independent.<\/p>\n<p>This has brought Moscow the opportunity to operate a port on Turkey\u2019s Mediterranean coast thanks to shrewd energy diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey was firmly fixed to its NATO allies during the Cold War by its staunch opposition to communism and fear of Russian imperial ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at: https:\/\/ahvalnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/ahvalnews.com\/energy-politics\/russia-benefit-strategically-building-turkeys-first-nuclear-plant-independent?amp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Ahval News Turkey\u2019s drift away from its Western partners in favour of Russia is underpinned by Moscow\u2019s strategy of \u201cturning economic power into political influence and strategic advantage\u201d, said journalist Borzou Daragahi in a column for British daily the Independent. This has brought Moscow the opportunity to operate a port on Turkey\u2019s Mediterranean coast&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2019\/08\/06\/russia-to-benefit-strategically-by-building-turkeys-first-nuclear-plant-the-independent\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">RUSSIA TO BENEFIT STRATEGICALLY BY BUILDING TURKEY\u2019S FIRST NUCLEAR PLANT \u2013 THE INDEPENDENT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security-and-strategy","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4853"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4855,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4853\/revisions\/4855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}