ANALYSIS – A practical guide for NATO members to understand Turkey

*The writer is the director of the Security and Defense Research Program at the Istanbul-based think-tank EDAM.

ISTANBUL

In his interview with The Economist in early November 2019, President of France Emmanuel Macron diagnosed NATO as “brain-dead”. Interestingly, among his core arguments, the French president referred to Turkey’s military campaign in northeast Syria to showcase the Alliance’s lack of cohesion.

Is it really so? Or can we offer a practical guide for NATO nations to better manage their Turkey portfolio? Let us give it a try.

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