Turkey’s next moves:

The Turkish prime minister had a bit of an outburst this past week at the Davos forum, attacking Israel for its treatment of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Turkey has interests — and a rising profile — in the Balkans, the Caucasus, Iran, the Levant and the broader Mediterranean Basin. It has been a long time since Turkey forcefully expressed its opinions on anything on the international stage. Everything Turkey does in the next few weeks bears close scrutiny. It is one of the few countries in the world with the military, economy and chutzpah to really change its region.