What would happen if Russia or Iran would seek to regain their lost influence by taking military action against Turkey? Would NATO members really need to defend that? What if Turkey’s growing ...

Article 5 of the NATO treaty obligates member states, including the United States, to come to the defense of any member that is attacked. Should Turkey engage in a conflict with Russia — a ...

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Turkey’s actions in Syria and Iraq also signal a deeper shift away from its Western alliances. Erdogan’s government has ...

with Russia boosting natural gas exports to Turkey via a Black Sea pipeline; by building Turkey’s first nuclear plant; and by providing the NATO member with advanced air defense systems — to ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Erdogan previously doubled down on Turkey’s stated plans to ... second-largest standing military force in NATO after the United States, and it ...