Turkey and the UK have great potential to strengthen their defence and security cooperation following their recent free trade agreement, write Tacan Ildem and Fatih Ceylan. To take this forward, they should elaborate a Joint Vision Paper (JVP) on enhanced Turkey-UK defence cooperation, to be shared within NATO.
On June 2, 2021, the ELN Director Sir Adam Thomson spoke to the Times Radio's Carole Walker about the upcoming NATO Summit.
Brexit incentivises the discussions about the role of the non-EU NATO members – including Turkey – in European defence and security, argue Ambassadors Fatih Ceylan and Tacan Ildem. They write that a process of developing a new transatlantic compact could be launched at the upcoming NATO Summit.
Three former Turkish ambassadors to NATO write on how and why to resolve the differences between Turkey and the US over the Turkish purchase of Russian made S-400 air defence systems.
ELN Impact Director Jane Kinninmont spoke on increased UK military spending for RTVS
Carlo Trezza looks at President Macron’s speech at the Ecole de Guerre last month on the possible role of French nuclear deterrence in the context of European security and defence.