Series · Security
NATO and Turkey
Sezai Akyüz
- Parts
- 4
- Years
- 2026
Görsel: U.S. Department of State from United States / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Parts · in order of publication
A Spy Story: The Founding of NATO
A physicist who carried the secrets of the atomic bomb to Moscow, promises made at Yalta and a city fed from the air for months. Within four years, yesterday’s allies split into two camps and NATO was born.
War Impossible, Peace Unattainable
For forty years Europe was divided between two armed blocs, yet the great war never broke out. NATO’s role in the Cold War lies in the logic of deterrence that created this strange balance.
An Alliance Without an Enemy
When the Soviet Union collapsed, NATO lost its enemy. The alliance redefined itself through new missions stretching from the Balkans to Afghanistan and through eastward enlargement, while relations with Russia swung from partnership to confrontation.
The West’s Eastern Outpost
Membership won with blood shed in Korea, missiles bargained over in the Cuban crisis, embargoes and the S-400. Turkey’s NATO journey is a story of trust and suspicion spanning more than seventy years.
