{"id":4180,"date":"2010-09-27T16:11:15","date_gmt":"2010-09-27T14:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/?p=4180"},"modified":"2010-09-27T20:09:49","modified_gmt":"2010-09-27T18:09:49","slug":"was-brasilien-und-die-turkei-treibt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/2010\/09\/27\/was-brasilien-und-die-turkei-treibt_4180","title":{"rendered":"Was Brasilien und die T\u00fcrkei treibt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fareed Zakaria, langj\u00e4hriger Chefredakteur und Leitartikler von Newsweek International, hat seine <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/2010\/09\/25\/zakaria-rising-powers-aren-t-acting-like-it.html\">letzte Kolume<\/a> geschrieben, bevor er sich nun ganz der Konkurrenz von Time Warner, inklusive CNN, verschreibt. Ein Verlust:<\/p>\n<p><em>There has been much worry about the activities of countries like Brazil and Turkey, with many Americans arguing that the two countries have become troublemakers, cutting deals with Ahmadinejad and turning away from America. But we have to understand the dynamic that is altering the power status of these countries. Twenty years ago Brazil was struggling to cast off a long legacy of dictatorship, hyperinflation, and debt. Today it is a stable democracy with impressive fiscal management, a roaring economy, and a wildly popular president. Its foreign policy reflects this confidence and a desire to break free of its older constraints.<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><em>In a speech in Geneva on Sept. 11, Brazil\u2019s intelligent and ambitious foreign minister, Celso Amorim, explained that even eight years ago, the United States absorbed 28\u00a0percent of Brazil\u2019s exports, but now buys only 10\u00a0percent, surpassed by China. Africa, too, is now a major trading partner for Brazil. In explaining the country\u2019s new interest in Middle Eastern affairs, Amorim pointed out that <strong>Brazil\u2019s 12\u00a0million Arabs would constitute the fourth or fifth-largest Arab nation in the world<\/strong>. Recently, in another speech, Amorim urged Brazil to be bold and expansive in its conception of its interests. \u201cIt is unusual to hear that countries should act in accordance with their means,\u201d he said. \u201cBut the greatest mistake one could make is to underestimate [Brazil\u2019s potential].\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><em>Then consider Turkey. Twenty years ago, it too was perceived as a basket-case economy, dependent on American largesse, protected by the American security umbrella, and quietly seeking approval from Europe. It needed the West. But now Turkey has a booming economy, has an increasingly confident democracy, and is a major regional power. It is growing faster than every European country, and its bonds are safer than those of many Southern European nations.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><em>Its foreign policy is becoming not so much Islamic as Ottoman, reestablishing a sphere of influence it had for 400 years. Abdullah G\u00fcl, Turkey\u2019s sophisticated president, explains that while Turkey remains resolutely a part of the West, it is increasingly influential in the Middle East, Central Asia, and beyond. \u201cTurkey is becoming a source of inspiration for other countries in the region,\u201d he said to me while in New York last week.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Zwar stimmt die Pointe f\u00fcr Brasilien nicht ganz: Wenn ich richtig z\u00e4hle, w\u00e4re Brasilien mit 12 Mio Arabern nur das zehntgr\u00f6\u00dfte arabische Land, wenn auch immerhin deutlich vor Tunesien. (Und au\u00dferdem sind diese &#8222;Araber&#8220; \u00fcber einen langen Zeitraum eingewanderte Menschen vor allem aus dem Libanon und Syrien, teilweise auch christlicher Religionszugeh\u00f6rigkeit.) Dass erhebliche Minderheiten auch die Au\u00dfenpolitik ver\u00e4ndern, d\u00fcrfte stimmen. Mehr noch als der Einfluss der Minderheiten d\u00fcrfte im Fall Brasiliens der Energiehunger einer aufstrebenden Nation eine Rolle spielen.<\/p>\n<p>Was die T\u00fcrkei angeht: Es ist sehr provinziell, dass die Europ\u00e4er vor lauter Verklemmung wegen der unl\u00f6sbaren Beitrittsproblematik (niemand will die Sache absagen, niemand will sie vorantreiben) \u00fcberhaupt keine T\u00fcrkeipolitik haben. Haben wir kein Interesse am (Wieder-) Aufstieg einer (mehrheitlich) sunnitischen Macht in der Region, die mit Sicherheit rationaler agiert als unsere &#8222;moderaten arabischen Freunde&#8220; und zugleich demokratischer ist und die Menschenrechte mehr achtet?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fareed Zakaria, langj\u00e4hriger Chefredakteur und Leitartikler von Newsweek International, hat seine letzte Kolume geschrieben, bevor er sich nun ganz der Konkurrenz von Time Warner, inklusive CNN, verschreibt. Ein Verlust: There has been much worry about the activities of countries like Brazil and Turkey, with many Americans arguing that the two countries have become troublemakers, cutting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[152,157,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussenpolitik","category-die-freunde-und-die-feinde-des-islams","category-turkei"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Was Brasilien und die T\u00fcrkei treibt - J\u00f6rg Lau<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/2010\/09\/27\/was-brasilien-und-die-turkei-treibt_4180\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Was Brasilien und die T\u00fcrkei treibt - J\u00f6rg Lau\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fareed Zakaria, langj\u00e4hriger Chefredakteur und Leitartikler von Newsweek International, hat seine letzte Kolume geschrieben, bevor er sich nun ganz der Konkurrenz von Time Warner, inklusive CNN, verschreibt. Ein Verlust: There has been much worry about the activities of countries like Brazil and Turkey, with many Americans arguing that the two countries have become troublemakers, cutting [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/2010\/09\/27\/was-brasilien-und-die-turkei-treibt_4180\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"J\u00f6rg Lau\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-09-27T14:11:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2010-09-27T18:09:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"J\u00f6rg Lau\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Geschrieben von\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"J\u00f6rg Lau\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Gesch\u00e4tzte Lesezeit\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3\u00a0Minuten\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/2010\/09\/27\/was-brasilien-und-die-turkei-treibt_4180\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/2010\/09\/27\/was-brasilien-und-die-turkei-treibt_4180\",\"name\":\"Was Brasilien und die T\u00fcrkei treibt - J\u00f6rg Lau\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-09-27T14:11:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-09-27T18:09:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/#\/schema\/person\/55f0be9bfac24815791fbc852b042f57\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/2010\/09\/27\/was-brasilien-und-die-turkei-treibt_4180#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"de\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/2010\/09\/27\/was-brasilien-und-die-turkei-treibt_4180\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/2010\/09\/27\/was-brasilien-und-die-turkei-treibt_4180#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Startseite\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Was Brasilien und die T\u00fcrkei treibt\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/\",\"name\":\"J\u00f6rg Lau\",\"description\":\"Ein Blog \u00fcber Religion und Politik\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"de\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/#\/schema\/person\/55f0be9bfac24815791fbc852b042f57\",\"name\":\"J\u00f6rg Lau\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"de\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a5fe39bf4f5335b8bac36eefa0b41467221b1598bfea5f05159a0199e391eed0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a5fe39bf4f5335b8bac36eefa0b41467221b1598bfea5f05159a0199e391eed0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"J\u00f6rg Lau\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/author\/joerg-lau\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Was Brasilien und die T\u00fcrkei treibt - J\u00f6rg Lau","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/2010\/09\/27\/was-brasilien-und-die-turkei-treibt_4180","og_locale":"de_DE","og_type":"article","og_title":"Was Brasilien und die T\u00fcrkei treibt - J\u00f6rg Lau","og_description":"Fareed Zakaria, langj\u00e4hriger Chefredakteur und Leitartikler von Newsweek International, hat seine letzte Kolume geschrieben, bevor er sich nun ganz der Konkurrenz von Time Warner, inklusive CNN, verschreibt. Ein Verlust: There has been much worry about the activities of countries like Brazil and Turkey, with many Americans arguing that the two countries have become troublemakers, cutting [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/2010\/09\/27\/was-brasilien-und-die-turkei-treibt_4180","og_site_name":"J\u00f6rg Lau","article_published_time":"2010-09-27T14:11:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2010-09-27T18:09:49+00:00","author":"J\u00f6rg Lau","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Geschrieben von":"J\u00f6rg Lau","Gesch\u00e4tzte Lesezeit":"3\u00a0Minuten"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/2010\/09\/27\/was-brasilien-und-die-turkei-treibt_4180","url":"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/2010\/09\/27\/was-brasilien-und-die-turkei-treibt_4180","name":"Was Brasilien und die T\u00fcrkei treibt - J\u00f6rg Lau","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/#website"},"datePublished":"2010-09-27T14:11:15+00:00","dateModified":"2010-09-27T18:09:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/#\/schema\/person\/55f0be9bfac24815791fbc852b042f57"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/2010\/09\/27\/was-brasilien-und-die-turkei-treibt_4180#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"de","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/2010\/09\/27\/was-brasilien-und-die-turkei-treibt_4180"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/2010\/09\/27\/was-brasilien-und-die-turkei-treibt_4180#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Startseite","item":"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Was Brasilien und die T\u00fcrkei treibt"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/","name":"J\u00f6rg Lau","description":"Ein Blog \u00fcber Religion und Politik","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"de"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/#\/schema\/person\/55f0be9bfac24815791fbc852b042f57","name":"J\u00f6rg Lau","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"de","@id":"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a5fe39bf4f5335b8bac36eefa0b41467221b1598bfea5f05159a0199e391eed0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a5fe39bf4f5335b8bac36eefa0b41467221b1598bfea5f05159a0199e391eed0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"J\u00f6rg Lau"},"url":"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/author\/joerg-lau"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG02W-15q","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4180"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4182,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4180\/revisions\/4182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}