The site of the proposed nuclear plant would be near the North Anatolian Fault, where the epicenters of Turkey's biggest earthquakes in recent decades have been located.

Stratfor Vice President of Global Analysis Reva Bhalla discusses Turkey's competition with Russia in the Middle East, the Caucasus and the Eastern Mediterranean.

Stratfor Vice President of Global Analysis Reva Bhalla discusses the array of domestic and foreign policy issues facing Ankara as the region continues to destabilize.

Stratfor examines how Turkey is attempting to expand its core into the eastern part of the country and how this affects the region.

Stratfor Vice President of Global Analysis Reva Bhalla discusses how the regional environment will continue to deepen fragmentation in Iraq 10 years after the U.S. invasion.

Syria's main Kurdish rebel group could unsettle the broader Kurdish situation in the region.

Stratfor Military Analyst Omar Lamrani discusses NATO's deployment of Patriot missiles to Turkey and explains that the move is not necessarily a prelude to an intervention in Syria.

Ankara sees opportunities to further its regional rise in Yemen and Somalia.

Both the Syrian regime and Turkey see the divisions between Syria's rebels and some Kurdish factions as potentially useful.

Turkey and Syria have exchanged artillery fire for six consecutive days.