Posts Tagged: Turkey NATO
Turkey Supports Russia and Hamas; The US Should Not Give It F-35 Fighter Jets
Recent discussions between Turkey and the United States indicate that the Biden administration is actively pursuing Ankara’s reinstatement in the F-35 program. It is difficult to justify why...
Israeli FM’s Tweet Raises Storm in Turkey
JNS.org - A tweet by Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz on Friday accusing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of destroying his country has garnered nearly...
Enough Is Enough: NATO Must Suspend Cooperation With Turkey
JNS.org - I don’t know the word for “chutzpah” in Turkish, but whatever it is, it applies in spades to recent comments from Fatih Ceylan,...
Turkey Blocks NATO-Israel Cooperation Over Gaza War
Turkey has blocked cooperation between NATO and Israel since October because of the war in Gaza and said the alliance should not engage with Israel as a partner until...
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...
