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Why Turkey Won’t Abandon Russia
Turkey is dependent on Russia for trade, gas, the construction of a nuclear power plant, and for its occupation of various areas of Syria.
In his pre-election pitch, President Joe Biden proclaimed the role of the United States is to champion freedom and democracy and that NATO is the bulwark of the liberal democratic ideal: an alliance of values.
- Robert Ellis
- The National Interest
This was clearly demonstrated by two events.
First, when the United States took the lead at the recent meeting of NATO and non-NATO countries at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany.
Second, when Congress overwhelmingly voted in favor of the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 and Biden signed it into…