Essay: Turkey’s agreement to let NATO expand may seem like a victory for the alliance, but Ankara continues to have close relations with Russia and an interest in prolonging the Ukraine war.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after their meeting in Istanbul on July 7.At the last minute, Turkey gave a gift to NATO, whose members gathered in Vilnius this week for a much-anticipated summit.
It dropped its objections to Sweden’s entry into the alliance, confirming NATO’s transformation after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Not only have NATO member states given a remarkable amount of military aid to Ukraine. The alliance itself has grown to include Finland and will soon include Sweden, two affluent democracies that will strengthen NATO.Continue reading your article with
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