Buying Russian Missile Systems Would Be a Political Breakthrough for Turkey

... imagine the situation when Turkey will enter into an open confrontation with the US and thereby put under question its membership in the alliance. There is the consolidated decision of the alliance from 2014 to cease any cooperation with Russia in the military sphere, and everyone adheres to it. The intra-NATO discipline is not an empty phrase. Erdogan surely demonstrates that he has an alternative: BRICS. But it is obvious that this is only a PR stunt by the Turkish president, an element of blackmail and pressure on the US and the European allies. Therefore,...