NATO Finds New Value in Turkey
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- NATO is finding new value in Turkey amid multiple threats facing the alliance, the New York Times reports ahead of the alliance's Ankara summit.
- The Ankara summit convenes as European allies fear Trump's next moves on the alliance, with the NATO chief facing challenges and the Indo-Pacific apparently pushed to the back burner (Reuters, Bloomberg, South China Morning Post).
Why it matters: With Trump pressuring NATO on troop commitments and burden-sharing, Turkey's geographic position — bordering Russia, Iran, Iraq, and Syria and controlling the Black Sea straits — gives it outsized strategic weight that the alliance can no longer sideline, even as European members fear US disengagement.
