The Greek Current Erdogan's flirt with Xi Jinping and China
Sep 4, 2025
13:16
The Economist just ran a story about the Shanghai Co-operation Organization summit that took place, calling it Xi Jinping’s anti-American party. This party also included world leaders like Turkish President Erdogan. Sinan Ciddi, a non-resident senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and an expert on Turkish politics, joins Thanos Davelis as we look into Erdogan’s cozying up to China and what it means for the US.
You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:
Xi Jinping’s anti-American party
Turkey’s Erdogan holds hands with Iran’s Pezeshkian, sparks online buzz
Putin, Modi and Erdoğan among leaders in China for talks with Xi