Pieter Cleppe

Pieter Cleppe is a Brussels-based Policy Analyst, dealing with EU affairs, Brexit, and the Eurozone. He's the Editor-in-Chief of brusselsreport.eu, an International Research Fellow at U.S. think tank Property Rights Alliance, a columnist for U.S. National Review Online, The Daily Telegraph, The Spectator and a frequent commentator in European and international media.

What’s Next for Turkey?

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