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Is Turkey NATO’s “problem child?”
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Is Turkey NATO’s “problem child?”

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg makes it clear how important Turkey is to the intergovernmental military alliance. But at the same time, he has some real concerns with how Turkey has been acting in recent years. At what point, though, would NATO consider kicking Turkey out of the alliance?

Greece-Turkey Tensions Goes Back (Way Back)
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Greece-Turkey Tensions Goes Back (Way Back)

To understand the latest escalation of tensions between Greece and Turkey, you have to go back in history. Way, way back. Ian Bremmer turns back the clock and then explains how things got so heated this summer that a military conflict almost broke out. A crisis was averted for now, but who knows what the next few months will bring?

Greece and Turkey clash over maritime claims in the Eastern Mediterranean, with Cyprus involved. Art by Gabriela Turrisi
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Tense calm in the Eastern Mediterranean

Greece and Turkey have been bickering all summer about oil and natural gas exploration in disputed waters off Cyprus. This quarrel between historical enemies — and also NATO allies – has put the EU in a tough spot.






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What's going on with Armenia & Azerbaijan; Turkey's relationship with the EU
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What's going on with Armenia & Azerbaijan; Turkey's relationship with the EU

Carl Bildt, former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Sweden, shares his perspective on Europe In 60 Seconds:

What is going on between Armenia and Azerbaijan? Is Turkey becoming an adversary of the EU?

Turkey and Greece step back from the brink: Greek PM Mitsotakis
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Turkey and Greece step back from the brink: Greek PM Mitsotakis

"I want to make it very clear: it was not Greece that engaged in any escalation or provocation." Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis defends his country's handling of an increasingly tense diplomatic standoff with neighboring Turkey over maritime disputes in the Eastern Mediterranean.


The exchange is part of a wide-ranging interview show host Ian Bremmer for GZERO World that covered Greece's remarkably successful COVID response, its "improved brand" on the European stage and recent Turkey tensions. The episode begins airing nationally in the US on public television this Friday, October 2. Check local listings.