Pressure on Türkiye continues as US pushes F-16 deal that would see Ankara drop opposition to Sweden NATO bid, which became a long shot after Quran burning in Stockholm. Greece says it will expand its waters around Crete, enraging Türkiye.
Read more...Sweden reneged on its Türkiye NATO vote deal. This should be solvable except the West wants to punish Türkiye and Türkiye isn’t up for that.
Read more...Athens throws a decades-long good relationship with Moscow out the window and opens the door wide to US military and business interests.
Read more...Washington’s relentless pressure on Türkiye and the Istanbul bombing lead to Turkish airstrikes hitting American positions in Syria.
Read more...Tensions continue to rise between Türkiye and NATO with the EU threatening Ankara with secondary sanctions over its dealings with Russia and Washington using Greece and Cyprus to pressure Türkiye.
Read more...Moscow accuses the West of using an Ukraine-style strategy in Armenia as more players enter the fold and the situation in the South Caucuses risks spiraling out of control.
Read more...Türkiye is resisting US pressure on the most important anti-Russian measures. Will the US be smart enough to find and meet Türkiye’s price?
Read more...the EU using an obscure steel secondary sanction to whack Türkiye?
Read more...By Conor Gallagher At the beginning of this year there were four pipelines carrying natural gas from Russia to Europe, and a fifth (Nord Stream 2) was about to come online. Now Nord Stream 1 and 2 are dead, the Yamal Pipeline is closed, and the amount of gas flowing through Ukraine is greatly diminished. […]
Read more...By Conor Gallagher Yves wrote yesterday about what the Russian response might be to the Nord Stream attacks. I wanted to touch on a few other potential consequences I’ve come across, and as there are no doubt more, hope to see them in comments. Economic Catastophre in Europe Now Certain There were questions in Washington […]
Read more...Turkey is trying to boost its economy by allowing Russian tourists to use the Mir payment system, but the US is applying pressure to cut the service.
Read more...By Conor Gallagher Ever since the breakup of the USSR, Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in a dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave recognized as Azerbaijani territory by the international community but mostly populated by ethnic Armenians. They fought a war there two years ago when Azerbaijan grabbed land in a six-week conflict that led […]
Read more...Most French colonies in Africa became independent in the 60s. But most are in poverty, much worse off than other African economies.
Read more...After being snubbed by NATO and the EU for decades, and suffering from extremely high inflation, Turkey is moving towards Russia.
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