Turkey is no longer the isolated country it was 21 days ago.

The ruthless Russian invasion in Ukraine that began Feb. 24 has changed everything. The post-post-Cold War era in world history has been inaugurated. The strongest threat of nuclear war since the Cuban missile crisis of 1960 has emerged. The internal conflicts that plague the Euro-Atlantic relationship have faded away. NATO, in a way, has been reborn, attracting countries like Finland and Sweden. The West, in unity, has positioned itself against an aggressive Russia with unprecedentedly tough sanctions.

Similarly, Turkey’s standing has changed drastically. It’s no longer regionally and internationally isolated due to its belligerent, revisionist foreign policy.

Within the span of a week after the invasion, Turkey moved out of isolation. It regained its relevance in the international arena, perhaps at a level unseen during the last decade. Ankara is the only capital that managed to bring Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers to the negotiating table for the first time since Russian President Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked and unjustified war in the Ukrainian territory.