Posts Tagged: Turkey NATO
Double Standards Haunt US and Europe in NATO Dispute with Turkey
US and European acquiescence in Turkey's long-standing refusal to honor Kurdish ethnic, cultural, and political rights has come home to roost with Turkish opposition to...
How to Stop Turkey From Holding NATO Hostage
NATO’s spat over Turkish opposition to Swedish and Finnish membership is about more than expanding the North Atlantic military alliance. It's as much about Turkish...
Turkey Is Playing a Dangerous Game With NATO
Amid speculation about a reduced US military commitment to security in the Middle East, Turkey has spotlighted the region's ability to act as a disruptive...
Turkey, Russia, and the Middle East
It is often claimed that Turkey made a definitive break with the West in 2003 when the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power....
US Sanctions NATO Ally Turkey Over Purchase of Russian Defense System
The United States imposed long-anticipated sanctions on Turkey on Monday over Ankara's acquisition of Russian S-400 air defense systems, further complicating already strained ties between the two...
Erdogan’s ‘Please Sanction Me’ Challenge
Due largely to a blend of over-ambitious policy objectives, an assertive neo-Ottomanism, a newfound hard power as a means to augment soft power, and colossal...
Turkey Will Betray America and the West
The US political elite has long suffered from “Who lost that country?” syndrome. It started with the Truman administration, which failed to prevent the communist...
It’s Time for the US and NATO to Give Turkey the Boot
JNS.org - American arms control experts say the US Air Force is worried about the security of some 50 American B-61 nuclear bombs in storage...
It’s Time to Kick Turkey Out of NATO
The egregious violation of freedom of the press in Turkey has reached a mammoth proportion that places Turkey among the most oppressive nations for journalists....
Saving NATO From Turkey
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, known as NATO, faces an existential problem. No -- it's not about getting member states to fulfill agreed-upon spending on defense projects, nor finding a...
Israel’s Defense Minister Ya’alon Rips Turkey for Aiding Terrorism
I24 News - Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon lashed out at Turkey on Monday for supporting terrorism. Speaking at a conference about the international effort required...
Report: In Call With Kerry, Netanyahu Calls Out Erdogan for Anti-Semitic Comments
Jerusalem Post - After years of publicly restraining himself regarding Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told U.S. Secretary of State...
Turkish Neo-Ottomanism is Threatened by Iran
The understandings reached between Israel and Turkey in efforts to normalize their relations raise a more fundamental issue about relations between states...
Is Turkey Leaving the West?
Recent steps taken by the Government of Turkey suggest it may be ready to ditch the NATO club of democracies for a Russian and...