What to Watch at the NATO Summit, and Platner’s Allies Rescind Endorsements
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From The New York Times, it's The Headlines. I'm Tracy Mumford. Today's Tuesday, July 7th. Here's what we're covering. Today, the NATO summit kicks off in Turkey. Leaders from across Europe will be there, and President Trump is set to participate too. The meeting comes at a tense moment for the alliance. For more than 70 years, the countries have committed to coming to each other's defense. But that relationship is now under extraordinary pressure.
You know, NATO is in a time right now where the allies are very concerned about the future. There are concerns about Russia sort of attacking elsewhere outside of Ukraine. Concern that Donald Trump is going to follow through on his threats to either pull the United States out of the alliance or at least reduce American commitments to the alliance. And so it's led to a lot of sort of soul searching inside of NATO.
My colleague Ben Hubbard is covering the annual summit. He says one dynamic that's come out of this tense moment is that many NATO members have now developed a new appreciation for the country of Turkey, which is hosting the meeting. For years, the country was seen by some as causing rifts in NATO. For example, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stayed close with Russian President Vladimir Putin, despite the invasion of Ukraine. And European and American officials have also worried about some of Erdogan's more strongman tendencies. But Ben says that many NATO countries are realizing now they may need what Turkey has to offer.
Turkey, you know, it has relations all across the West, all across the East. It has diplomatic relations with Iran. It talks to Hamas. It has, you know, broad relations all the way across Africa. And so even though a few years ago, everybody was complaining about Erdogan remaining friends with Putin, there's sort of been a new realization that this is actually quite valuable. There's been a bit more of an acceptance of Turkey's diplomatic role. Turkey also has the second largest military in the alliance after the United States. So amid this concern that the U.S. is going to pull back from NATO, Turkey looks very valuable and the size of its military is very valuable for any kind of reconfiguration of NATO.
The flip side of this is that domestically, Turkey is also becoming more authoritarian. This used to be something that allies were very concerned about and would criticize publicly. And that is not happening now. Officials from NATO countries that I spoke with all basically said, yes, we know what's going on. Yes, we see the direction that this government is going. But at this moment, we're worried about Ukraine. We're worried about the security of Europe.
What are the key issues being addressed at the NATO summit?
We're worried about Turkey. you know, the United States leaving us high and dry. And so we just can't risk jeopardizing our relationship with Turkey by bringing up its domestic governance issues.
For live updates on the NATO summit, go to the Times app or NYTimes.com.
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By definition, yes.
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