Global news Marcus Li AFGHANISTAN, AFRICA, ASIA, ASSAD, ENERGY SECURITY, ERDOGAN, ERDOĞAN, FOREIGN POLICY, HASSAN HASSAN, HEZBOLLAH, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, KURDISTAN WORKERS ’, KURDISTAN WORKERS ’ PARTY, LEBANON, LIBYA, MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AMERICA, PKK, SYRIA, SYRIAN CONFLICT, TAYYIP ERDOĞAN, UNITED STATES The Shift in Middle Eastern Dynamics: Turkey’s Rise as a Geopolitical Power