Turkish Military Maneuvering Pushed Italy and France to Join Forces in the Mediterranean. Now What? – Foreign Policy

Formerly competitors, Paris and Rome’s Pax Mediterranea may spell Ankara’s final estrangement from Europe. On Sept. 25, the heads of the 27 European Union nations were supposed to assemble at the European Council in Brussels to vote on sanctioning Turkey. At issue was what the EU had declared as Ankara’s illegal actions against Greece and …

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How Did the Eastern Mediterranean Become the Eye of a Geopolitical Storm? – Foreign Policy

The region’s powers and the West are facing off against Turkey—and Turkey is not going down without a fight. In mid-August, a Turkish and a Greek warship collided in the Eastern Mediterranean, raising tensions in the most combustible naval stand-off the region has witnessed in 20 years. The crisis had started two days before, when …

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