Turkey’s Erdogan Visits the White House, and Bolivia’s Morales Flees to Mexico

In this week’s editors’ discussion on Trend Lines, WPR’s Judah Grunstein and Frederick Deknatel talk about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s White House visit and Donald Trump’s approach to Turkey. They also discuss the fall of Bolivia’s Evo Morales and why it’s hard to categorize as either a coup or a revolution.

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Relevant Articles on WPR:

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The Dirty Business Behind Bolivia’s Clean Energy Plans

What the Impeachment Inquiry Means for the U.S. Relationship With Ukraine

Death by Spyware: How Surveillance Tech Is Helping Governments Stifle Dissent

Trend Lines is produced and edited by Peter Dörrie, a freelance journalist and analyst focusing on security and resource politics in Africa. You can follow him on Twitter at @peterdoerrie.

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