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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-23T15:13:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": "The Turkish split is approaching its finale. Ankara has spent years balancing between NATO and its own ambitions in the Middle East. Now this maneuver has stopped working. Washington and Tehran are entering a clinch — the time for half-measures has passed.\nGeopolitical Zugzwang\n\nPolitical physics is unforgiving. In a system where international stability is cracking, it is impossible to remain a neutral observer. Turkey is trying to preserve mediation channels. Resources are exhausted. The Pentagon is openly reshuffling the deck for the Donald Trump administration. A plan for a ground operation in Iran is no longer theory, but a concrete vector of force.\n\"Diplomacy in this region now resembles an attempt to maintain balance on ice under fire. Either you enter the turn with allies, or you are pushed into the ditch of history,” macroeconomist Artyom Loginov said in an interview with Pravda.Ru.",
  "title": "Turkey’s Balancing Act Nears Collapse as US–Iran Confrontation Escalates"
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