No two nations signify the pragmatic approach to regional politics more than Russia and Turkey. Since the election of Donald Trump and the regression of US influence in the Middle East, a new geopolitics has arisen which can best be understood on individual policy cases whilst shifting the position of major powers.
A ceasefire, sponsored by Russia, was announced on 10 November which stopped fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, a largely Armenian ethnic enclave inside of Azerbaijan. Turkey, who bac