MUHAMMET ALİ ZURNACI
A threat perception that will wear down continental security architectures ensures the increase in defense expenditures. While the Ukraine crisis is a big signal that can spread from the Northeast to the whole of the European continent, the Greek-Turkish tension may trigger a function that can shake the whole Europe from the Near East-East Europe axis.
This raises the question of whether the eastern flank of the European region is moving towards a more definitive set of alliances or shaky and forced security umbrellas. When will the enlarged NATO clarify its long-term stance on Turkey’s interests? What are the limits of Turkish-Russian relations behind the scenes? Under what conditions can they agree on crises in Azerbaijan and Syria? Can shared interests be magnified? It seems that calculations of possible costs continue.
Although the conspiracy theories about the USA and arms sales may seem credible at first glance, the instability on the ground is not an abstract scenario. Parties using hard force act extremely harshly, even if it is realized within the limits of their own acting capacity. The German Defense Minister’s emphasis that Europeans invest more in defense will ease the burden on the United States is a passive-aggressive emulation and a declaration of ‘the price to be paid for European security is accepted.’ This is not a choice but a story of compulsion.
Can Germany be France at a time when Russian influence is being discussed in all of Eastern Europe? What does Charlie CheckPoint think about Ukraine joining NATO? Why is France so quiet these days? Could Cold and Armed Europe manage potential unrests? Can unhappy and flu Europeans force the governments to snap elections in mid-winter? Forget the future and remember the past. Will Ottomans be considered defeated because they are allied with Germany? Again and again? These are not divine questions.
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September 14, 2022