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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) walks with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (C) after meeting with his Turkish counterpart at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ankara, on November 6, 2023. AFP

Israel's war on Gaza complicates Sweden's NATO ascension bid

A deal to enlarge the West's main defence pact and another to sell F-16s to Turkey are blocking each other. Meanwhile, Israel's war on Gaza further complicates diplomacy.

Omer Onhon 08 November 2023
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salaman (R) welcomed Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) in Jeddah on July 17, 2023. SPA

A thriving relationship with the Arab world is key to Erdoğan's ambitions

Turkey's leader is no stranger to changing tack in the national interest. He has lofty ambitions for his country's global role. Its relationship with the Arab world will be key to his ambitions.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 19 July 2023
Allied leaders stand for a group photo at the Nato summit in Vilnius on July 12, 2023. AFP

In lieu of formal membership, Nato offers Ukraine a string of guarantees

Sweden's Nato membership and Turkey's purchase of new F-16 fighter jets from the United States seem to have been included in a bigger package deal negotiated during the summit

Omer Onhon 12 July 2023
Heads of State and Government pose for the official group photo during the Nato summit at the Ifema congress centre in Madrid, on June 29, 2022. AFP

What's on the agenda at the Nato summit?

Nato's resolve in facing down Russian aggression is strong and the alliance's summit will show that. But its agenda will be long and complex. Al Majalla takes a look at what to expect.

Omer Onhon 09 July 2023
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) poses with a miniature model of a transport plane Airbus A400M at the military air base in Jagel, southern Germany, during the Air Defender Exercise 2023 on June 16, 2023. AFP

Germany leads the charge in European security

Massive Nato air force exercises are following Berlin's re-drawn view of the world as Olaf Scholz appears to be accepting a bigger role for his country

Khaled Hamadeh 23 June 2023
Anti-war protesters hold placards during a demonstration against Russia's invasion of Ukraine in front of the Nato headquarters in Brussels on March 16, 2022, as Nato Defence Ministers hold a meeting over the war in Ukraine. AFP

Can Western unity survive the new multipolar world?

In the multipolar world, alliances are more fluid and flexible, allowing states to court several global powers at once

Christopher Phillips 20 May 2023
Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson speaks during the annual Society and Defence Conference in Salen, Sweden, January 8, 2023. TT News Agency/Henrik Montgomery via REUTERS

Sweden Says Turkey Asking Too Much Over NATO Application

Sweden is confident that Turkey will approve its application to join the NATO military alliance, but will not meet all the conditions Ankara has set for its support, Sweden's prime minister said on…

08 January 2023
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks during a joint news conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (not pictured) at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium August 17, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron

Serbia to Ask NATO to Deploy Serb Military, Police in Kosovo

Serbia will ask NATO peacekeepers to let it deploy Serbian military and police in Kosovo, although it believes there is no chance of the request being approved, President Aleksandar Vucic said on…

10 December 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden addresses a joint news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst


Biden Says He Has No Plans to Contact Putin, Prepared To Talk About Ending Ukraine War

U.S. President Joe Biden said he has no immediate plans to contact Vladimir Putin but is prepared to speak with the Russian president if he shows an interest in ending the war in Ukraine, and only in…

01 December 2022
Polish police officers search for missile wreckage in the field, near the place where a missile struck, killing two people in a farmland at the Polish village of Przewodow, near the border with Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Poland, NATO Say Missile Strike Wasn’t A Russian Attack

NATO member Poland and the head of the military alliance both said that a missile strike in Polish farmland that killed two people appeared to be unintentional and was probably launched by air…

AP 16 November 2022
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