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No More Neutrality: NATO and the Twilight of Swedish Exceptionalism
Jason Pack & Karl Karim Zakhour write for The National Interest on how NATO membership signifies expedience at the expense of a self-aggrandising national myth that has become increasingly difficult to sustain.
Turkey’s Standoff With NATO Isn’t Over Yet
Finland and Sweden's NATO memberships have gone through for now, but Turkey’s standoff with NATO isn’t over yet as Burcu Ozcelik explains in Syndication Bureau.
Turkey — NATO’s Disruptive Ally
Of all the countries playing a part in the Ukraine crisis, Turkey is perhaps the most difficult to read. Aslı Aydıntaşbaş speaks to Arthur Snell on Doomsday Watch to discuss what Turkey and its president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan are trying to achieve.
NATO – An Alliance Revived?
As Sweden and Finland apply to join NATO, ending decades of military neutrality, how has Putin's invasion revived an alliance described as 'Braindead' by Emmanuel Macron two years ago? Lord Peter Ricketts joins Arthur Snell to discuss for Doomsday Watch.
Overcoming hurdles to Turkish–Israeli reconciliation
Burcu Ozcelik explains in IISS how longstanding grievances between Turkey and Israel will complicate the pace of progress in mending their relations, but as Israel engages in pragmatic diplomacy with other Middle Eastern allies, it now controls the pace of normalisation with Ankara.
Turkey eyes opportunity for geopolitical realignment in Ukraine crisis
Burcu Ozcelik, writing for IISS, explains how Turkey sees an opportunity to claim a role as mediator in the Russia-Ukraine conflict in a wider reckoning over the shape of the post-Cold War global order.
The Sultan and the Czar: Erdogan and Putin’s game-changing policies in Libya
Stefano Marcuzzi and Erman Atak’s write for the NATO Defense College Foundation on Libya’s civil conflict and how military escalation was largely the result of the policies of Russian President Putin and Turkish President Erdogan.
Libya Needs European Boots on the Ground
Stefano Marcuzzi writes for Carnegie Europe that the EU must seize on the strategic opportunity presented by the coronavirus pandemic to take the initiative away from Russia and Turkey in Libya.