In this exclusive briefing, Jason Epstein of South Five Strategies exposes the contradiction at the heart of Erdogan's strategy: a NATO ally publicly condemning the Jewish state while quietly facilitating the flow of Azerbaijani and Kazakh hydrocarbons through Turkish infrastructure directly to the IDF. 

Epstein maps the personal rupture between Erdogan and Israel dating back to Operation Cast Lead, reveals how October 7th sabotaged a secret normalization deal, and explains why chaos in Iran terrifies Ankara more than Tehran itself. 

This is the strategic reality behind the rhetoric — a masterclass in Middle Eastern realpolitik from a former Turkish Embassy insider.