Business
Ejecting Turkey from the F-35 Effort Will Cost At Least Half a Billion Dollars
That’s the Pentagon’s low estimate for replacing Turkish suppliers of more than 900 parts.
Policy
Looks Like Turkey Is Getting Booted from the F-35 Program
After months of threats, Washington appears poised to drop Ankara from the multibillion-dollar project.
Business
US Could Use Turkish F-35 Parts Contracts to Entice New Customers
Ankara is on track to forfeit work worth billions of dollars if it is booted from the F-35 program.
Ideas
Send Turkey’s F-35s to Eastern Europe
If Putin is going to send S-400 air-defense systems to Ankara, NATO should send advanced fighter jets where they can deter Russia.
Policy
Pentagon Gives Turkey a Deadline to Cancel S-400 Deal or Lose F-35
By July 31, says the ASecDef, Ankara must choose between the Russian S-400 or the U.S.-led JSF.
Policy
NATO’s New Military Commander: 'I Suspect' Turkish-Alliance Mil-to-Mil Ties Will Endure
In his first sitdown interview as SHAPE, Gen. Todd Wolters said Ankara cannot have both the F-35 and S-400.
Policy
Lockheed: We Could Easily Sell Turkey’s F-35s to Other Customers
CEO: We’ll be fine if Ankara buys a Russian air-defense system instead of our jets.
Ideas
Time to Pull US Nuclear Weapons Out of Turkey
Storing nuclear weapons close to trouble is a bad idea, and giving Ankara a shared finger on the nuclear trigger is rapidly losing its charm.
Ideas
How Authoritarians Manipulate Elections
From Russia to Venezuela, the strongmen who have destroyed democratic institutions won high office at the ballot box.
Science & Tech
Ukraine Is Buying New Combat Drones…From Turkey
The skies over Eastern Ukraine are becoming more crowded as Kiev looks to Ankara for weapons.
Threats
Confusion Reigns as Pentagon Begins Pulling Equipment Out of Syria
The timeline for withdrawal remains murky amid rocky negotiations with Turkey over the Kurds.
Ideas
Trump’s Gifts to Turkey Repeat Mistakes and Set Bad Precedents
The withdrawal from Syria and sale of missiles to Ankara will undermine U.S. efforts to work with partners and rebuff Russian influence.
Ideas
Why the Idlib Deal Matters
Ankara’s U.S. ambassador says the Turkey-Russia buffer agreement can save even more lives — if other governments will help implement it.
Ideas
Turkey Made a Bet Against Assad—And Lost
Back in 2011, Erdoğan supported the rebels against the Syrian regime in hopes of gaining influence across the Middle East. Things haven’t gone according to plan.
Ideas
Trump's Turkey Pushback is a Welcome Start
Unlike its predecessors, the Trump administration finally seems to be doing something about a long list of U.S. grievances.
Ideas
Cancel Turkey’s F-35s — and Maybe Its NATO Membership As Well
Sending America’s most advanced fighters to Ankara will do greater harm than good to U.S. interests — and that should give its allies pause.
Policy
A Law Meant to Punish America’s Foes Is Hurting Its Partners: Mattis
The secretary asked senators to punch a hole in the sanctions law they passed last year.
Ideas
After ISIS, the US Faces Its Next Battle: Syria's Erupting Fault Lines
Without leadership, Washington’s options are limited in the chaos of the civil war's end game.
Ideas
The US Must Stop Turkey Now
Americans are wrong to placate Erdogan and permit his attacks on northern Syria. Here's how Washington can get it right.
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