This is interesting. Risk analyst Ian Bremmer of the Eurasia group was on Charlie Rose two nights back describing the struggle between market capitalism and state capitalism, US v China. My sense is that risk analysts are cold fish who assess the geopolitical business climate without regard to the moral struggle; and there was a bright thread through Bremmer’s comments that Israel is just getting in the way, and also that the Palestinian story has merit.
Bremmer excerpts begin with his take on the advantages of China’s state capitalism, and then to Turkey’s game:
via Breaking w/ Israel has helped Turkey in competition for Asian markets.