Turkey Quietly Renounces NATO Links, But Not NATO Benefits
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (R) greets Turkey's President Reçep Tayyip Erdogan at a NATO summit at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, on June 14, 2021. Francois Mori/AFP via Getty Images
Turkey on Aug. 3 made its most pointed renunciation of its ties to the NATO alliance.
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Gregory Copley is president of the Washington-based International Strategic Studies Association and editor-in-chief of the “Defense & Foreign Affairs” series of publications. Born in Australia, Copley is an entrepreneur, writer, government adviser, defense publication editor, and Member of the Order of Australia. His latest and 37th book is “The Noble State: Governance Options in an Ignoble Era.”