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The country is a case study in the spillovers of conflict—both positive and negative Istanbul
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Losses would be much higher in a war with China

War is splitting the country in two

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The bombast obscures the scale of the damage the war is doing

Even if, at the political level, its direction is a mess

A once-cautious regime is making a risky bet on low-level conflict