What next for NATO after enlargement? (C) France24
Joe Biden laid out a vision and threw down the gauntlet to Vladimir Putin, now further isolated by a NATO summit that strengthens the alliance at Russia’s border – a summit that came in the wake of wavering support for his Ukraine campaign.
We ask about the US president’s speech, his next stop in new NATO member Finland, and the reset between Biden and an old acquaintance: Recep Tayep Erdogan, clearly pivoting away from Moscow and towards the West.
What’s behind Turkey lifting its objections to Sweden’s entry into the alliance? What consequences for the Black Sea where the Ankara-brokered grain export deal is set to expire between Russia and Ukraine?
And what options now for a Vladimir Putin who throughout the summit has kept up a steady regime of rocket attacks on Ukraine’s cities? With a wartime economy and still plenty of customers for Russia’s natural riches, can he outlast the West in a war that’s far, very far from over?
Produced by Charles Wente, Josephine Joly and Imen Mellaz.
Our guests
Fabrice POTHIER, Former Director of Policy Planning at NATO
Yves BERTONCINI, President, European Movement – France
Borzou DARAGAHI, International Correspondent, The Independent
Melinda HARING, Deputy director, Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center
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