Turkey vs. Washington

Turkey will not accept the rules of the game imposed by Washington, the political scientist Alexander Skakov, Work Group Coordinator, Caucasus and Central Asia. RF Institute of Oriental Studies, told NEWS.am. According to him, Turkey is rather independent and capable of maneuvering.

“Turkey is seeking to reduce NATO’s military presence in its territory to a minimum,” Skakov said. It succeeds to an extent. However, a project of creating a territorial NATO anti-missile defense system is largely a realistic one, and Turkey will have to get involved in the program after it has been approved.

If Turkey’s position is viewed against its unwillingness to join the European Union (EU), the expert does not think the two issues are closely related. “The European Union and NATO are not identical, and the former does not always seek what NATO does,” he said.
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