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Is the Turkey-NATO deal on Sweden a Pyrrhic victory?

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced that a deal had been reached with Turkey’s President Erdogan in order to lift his veto on Sweden’s NATO accession. While the announcement was followed by celebrations, Sweden still needs Turkey’s parliament to approve its membership - which could take months. It looks like Turkey also now anticipates the lifting of most defense-related sanctions, and expects Europe to move on its EU accession process. Michael Rubin, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and former Pentagon official, joins Thanos Davelis to look into the details of this deal, and break down why Erdogan walking away from this high-stakes poker game with new concessions is problematic.

Read Michael Rubin’s latest here:

The Turkey-NATO Deal On Sweden Is A Disaster

Sweden Surrenders

The Turkey-Iran terror nexus in occupied Cyprus shakes the status quo

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Security Council Press Statement on Cyprus

Nicosia welcomes UN security council support for new envoy

PM raises ethnic Greek mayor’s arrest with Rama

‘For us, freedom is not self-evident’

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