One often gets this question from academics and experts: What will be the framework of international relations in the 21st century? Will it be determined by "hard instruments" such as energy, security and population?
Or will it be shaped by "soft instruments" such as education, culture and diplomacy? The "framework" questions always assume some large and clumsy structures. But Turkish foreign policy over the last few years shows that style matters as much as substance and structure.
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