Tag: Sweden

Welcome to today’s Morning Brief, where we’re looking at Sweden’s admission that Finland is likely to join NATO first, a Russian jet forcing down a U.S. drone over the Black ...

Finland’s president has said that a NATO warning made by Russian President Vladimir Putin was a “game changer” that led the country to pursue membership of the alliance. In a ...

When Sweden and Finland submitted their official requests to join NATO on May 18, 2022, it was a historic departure from their policies of neutrality and a clear sign that the invasion ...

A recent article by Halil Karaveli in Foreign Policy rightly points out that Turkey’s attempt at blackmail over Sweden’s accession to NATO is ultimately about extracting concessions from the United ...

Sweden and Finland applied last year to join the trans-Atlantic defense pact after Russia invaded Ukraine, but faced unexpected objections from Turkey and have since sought to win its support. Ankara wants Helsinki ...

Erdogan’s comments during a televised meeting with younger voters came days after Ankara suspended NATO accession talks with the two countries. Its decision threatened to derail NATO’s hopes of expanding ...

Sweden’s bid to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) hit its latest roadblock on Monday. Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s invasion of Ukraine last February prompted Sweden and Finland to ...

“Those who allow such blasphemy in front of our embassy (in Stockholm) can no longer expect our support for their NATO membership,” Erdogan said in a speech after a cabinet ...

“We condemn in the strongest possible terms the vile attack on our holy book … Permitting this anti-Islam act, which targets Muslims and insults our sacred values, under the guise ...

“At this point, Swedish Defence Minister Pal Jonson’s visit to Turkey on January 27 has lost its significance and meaning, so we cancelled the visit,” Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar ...