Turkish Presidential Campaigning Begins, Russia’s Cloudy Security Council Presidency, Disney World at 50, and More

The World Next Week

Council on Foreign Relations

Politics, News, News:politics

4.6 • 845 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Turkey’s presidential candidates officially kick-off their campaigns ahead of May elections; Russia begins its term as president of the UN Security Council; and Walt Disney World wraps up its fiftieth anniversary celebration amid legal disputes with the Florida state government. Mentioned on the Podcast Will Freeman and Ariana Rios, “How Peru’s Crisis Could Send Shockwaves Through the Region,” CFR.org Rone Tempest, “Protesters Block Euro Disneyland : France: Irked by U.S. Trade Policies, Farmers Use Tractors to Keep Cars and Buses Out of the Park,” Los Angeles Times “U.S. Immigration Policy, With Edward Alden,” The President’s Inbox For an episode transcript and show notes, visit us at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/turkish-presidential-campaigning-begins-russias-cloudy-security-council-presidency-disney

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0:00.0	In the coming week, Turkey's presidential candidates begin campaigning.
0:06.0	Russia takes its turn as president of the UN Security Council,
0:10.0	and Disney World turns 50.
0:12.0	It's March 30, 2003, in time for the world next week. I'm Bob McMahon.
0:26.6	And I'm Carly and Robbins.
0:28.7	Carla, let's talk turkey.
0:29.8	Tomorrow marks the official start day for election campaigning.
0:33.7	This year, the presidential election has been moved up from June to May.
0:37.1	That's even while the country is recovering from its really devastating earthquake and the aftermath of what it means for the displaced populations and so forth.
0:48.1	In common, President Erdogan is vying to remain in power, but he's facing a pretty stiff challenge from opposition leader Kamal Klujt
0:56.0	what can we expect from these campaigns at this point?
0:58.0	So, Bob, first a little context.
1:00.0	You know, why should we care about Turkey?
1:03.0	So it has a really strategic location.
1:05.0	It's on the Black Sea, and among its neighbors it has both Syria and Iraq.
1:09.0	And it's hosting increasingly uncomfortably some
1:12.0	3.6 million Syrian refugees. And under Erdogan, it is, you know, the most problematic member of NATO.
1:19.7	Today, Thursday, Turkey's parliament is expected to approve Finland's application to join the
1:24.4	alliance. But Erdogan is still blocking Sweden from coming in because of
1:28.7	disagreements about the Kurds and after the burning by a Swedish-Danish extremist of a Quran outside
1:34.5	the Turkish embassy. And Erdogan is also far too tight for everybody's taste with Putin.
1:40.3	You know, he especially infuriated the United States in 2020 with a $2. billion dollar purchase of an air defense system, a purchase of Pentagon said would lead to data and security breaches.
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