NATO’s expansion into Finland and Sweden has become a fraught, drawn-out process with potentially serious consequences for the alliance’s long-term cohesion.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet his Turkish counterpart on Wednesday amid the contradictory signals from Ankara over the expected applications from Finland and Sweden.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is taking an increasingly tough line against the NATO membership bids of Finland and Sweden despite far less strident statements from some of his top aides