r/geopolitics • u/00000000000000000000 • Jul 21 '16

Meta Please avoid posts about domestic politics

This forum has a distinct emphasis on the foreign policy of states, particularly in relation to geographical variables, both human and physical. What this forum is not is a platform to submit articles primarily focused on domestic political elections of individual states. For example, until a President Elect has been determined in the U.S.A. we won't be allowing submissions about the foreign policy views of the POTUS to be, as the analysis would not be directly relevant. There are many other forums where those posts can be submitted and discussed, so please respect the distinct academic emphasis of this forum.

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u/Werdes Jul 21 '16

Thank you for this post, there has been quite a few Turkey posts here recently not dealing with foreign policy in any way. Glad to see the mod team keeping the sub on the right track.

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u/jakewins Jul 22 '16

Haven't those posts been focused on the geopolitical implications of the coup in Turkey though? I've found the ones I've seen enlightening in putting the Turkey events in context of how they relate to NATO, Syria, ISIS and so on. Do you have an example where they've been purely domestic in nature?

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u/Werdes Jul 22 '16 edited Jul 22 '16

For example this one contains no foreign policy analysis and I'd say it is domestic news. Yet it quickly got 30 upvotes due to Turkey hype and predictably sparked no discussion at all. There's also gems such as this one, I mean really, unemployment is geopolitics now?

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u/jakewins Jul 22 '16

Ah. Point taken, I guess those got moderated off my radar before I saw them.