Migration in the Mediterranean has been a crisis factor for Europe for decades. To shed light on the issue, the discussion will revolve around ECFR’s policy brief edited by Lorena Stella Martini and Tarek Megerisi, which examines the case study of the Central Mediterranean route to analyse European externalization policies, focusing primarily on migration to Italy.
The Turkish president is unlikely to veto Nordic membership of NATO – but Turkey’s bigger strategic worry is of a NATO-Russia conflict arising out of the war in Ukraine
Turkey would attempt to sit on the fence if conflict breaks out in Ukraine. But with domestic challenges rising at home, Recep Tayyip Erdogan may not be able to withstand the pressure from either Russia or NATO allies.
If Turkey does not take on this role [of peacekeeper in a post-war Gaza], then Iran would, or this momentum of this very critical rapprochement could fizzle out
Sinan Ülgen explains how the West benefits from President Erdogan’s role as a key figure in the Middle East
Aslı Aydıntaşbaş and Jeremy Shapiro write about Erdogan´s post-Western Turkey
The defense of the Baltic republics and Finland is hardly possible without using Swedish territory and only as a full member of the alliance is the country fully involved in defense planning
During the run-up to the summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, all eyes were on Ukraine’s prospects for membership. But Sweden’s membership bid was also up in the air, held up by Turkish President Erdogan.
Asli Aydintasbas writes about Sweden’s membership of NATO and the position of Turkey and the United States on this issue
We are also likely to see a continuation of this non-aligned and strategic, autonomous idea of Turkey´s place in the world
