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It looks like Turkey is trying to pack as much as it can into the agenda of the crucial NATO Summit in Vilnius later this month. Aside from Turkey’s veto over Sweden’s NATO membership, Ankara has also put a freeze on NATO’s new operational maps by raising questions about the naming of the Dardanelles and the Bosporus straits in the new operational maps, and taking issue with the reference of the Republic of Cyprus in the plans as well. Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini’s diplomatic and defense editor, joins Thanos Davelis to break down why Ankara has derailed NATO regional procedures, and look at why this matters.
Read the latest by Vassilis Nedos on this issue:
Ankara derails NATO regional procedures
US proposal to break NATO map deadlock
Wait-and-see mood in Athens over Turkey
You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:
Turkish games in the Straits
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Turkey says Quran burning in Sweden raises questions about its reliability as a possible NATO member
Turkey's Erdogan says Sweden's NATO steps undermined by protests
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It looks like Turkey is trying to pack as much as it can into the agenda of the crucial NATO Summit in Vilnius later this month. Aside from Turkey’s veto over Sweden’s NATO membership, Ankara has also put a freeze on NATO’s new operational maps by raising questions about the naming of the Dardanelles and the Bosporus straits in the new operational maps, and taking issue with the reference of the Republic of Cyprus in the plans as well. Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini’s diplomatic and defense editor, joins Thanos Davelis to break down why Ankara has derailed NATO regional procedures, and look at why this matters.
Read the latest by Vassilis Nedos on this issue:
Ankara derails NATO regional procedures
US proposal to break NATO map deadlock
Wait-and-see mood in Athens over Turkey
You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:
Turkish games in the Straits
Mitsotakis Steps Up Reforms to Send Greek Crisis to History
Turkey says Quran burning in Sweden raises questions about its reliability as a possible NATO member
Turkey's Erdogan says Sweden's NATO steps undermined by protests

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