Turkey's EU Bid: Back from the Dead? | Geopolitical Monitor
President Erdogan’s attempt to tie Sweden’s NATO membership to Turkey’s stalled EU bid marks a rare mention of the long-dormant process. Is it a sign of things to come?
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President Erdogan’s attempt to tie Sweden’s NATO membership to Turkey’s stalled EU bid marks a rare mention of the long-dormant process. Is it a sign of things to come?
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Turkey correspondent for The Economist, Piotr Zalewski, about the political implications in the aftermath of the earthquake there.
Takeaway is that nato has now formally invited finland and sweden to join the military alliance, something that has happened much faster even than this administration anticipated would be. they weren't expecting that issue to be resolved, given turkey's objections while president biden was here on the ground, but now it has been and, of course, they are moving on in that process, which is not yet complete. i think a lot of questions that will be facing president biden and other world leaders as they are departing this summit is matching the rhetoric from the summit and what they talked about w...
From the blog of Faye Lincoln at The Times of Israel
Turkey has shown a willingness to repair relations with Israel, Egypt, and other countries in the Middle East. But Ankara’s relations with the Muslim Brotherhood, a sticking point for almost all of these bilateral ties, are more complicated than meets the eye.