by Richard Bulliet
Released: 9 Aug 2007
For three centuries, down to the end of World War II, Europe's diplomats were troubled by the Straits Question: the waterway linking the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea.
The Ottoman Empire controlled the straits -- the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmara, and the Bosphorus -- and barred passage to foreign warships. And this effectively prevented Russia from becoming a Mediterranean power by plugging the only outlet for their Black Sea fleet.
Today, Iraq’s skies pose a new Straits Question. And Iraqi air space is the "plug" for any Iranian air power. continue...
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