Turkey’s Erdogan Finds Himself a Surprise G-20 Power Broker
The president’s successful foray into grain diplomacy is a boost both at home and abroad, even as the war in Ukraine also shows his balancing act with Russia.
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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan comes to the Group of 20 summit in Bali this week with an unexpected boost from the role he’s played securing global grain supplies during Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Erdogan’s burgeoning reputation as a power broker wasn’t a given when Russia invaded Ukraine in February, threatening the delicate balancing act the Turkish leader has kept up between Moscow, Ukraine and his own NATO allies since at least 2016.