Power of the diaspora should not be ignored

Strongman rulers have recognised the influence their diaspora have, leaving Western nations to deal with a population with split loyalties, writes Leonid Bershidsky

The vehemence of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s battle to secure the votes of the Turkish diaspora in Europe surprised many watchers.

Was Mr Erdogan really willing to burn bridges with the EU, Germany, and the Netherlands just to impress a few million people who shared his ethnicity but left their country?