NATO: Why is Turkey blocking Sweden and Finland?
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🗓️ 23 May 2022
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Sweden and Finland are putting decades of military non-alignment and neutrality behind them to join NATO but one member of the alliance isn’t prepared to let them join.
Why is Turkey doing this?’
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| 1:11.7 | When Russia invaded Ukraine three months ago, the world changed overnight. The West woke up. |
| 1:21.3 | Alliances were tested. And as the shock of the invasion hit the Nordic countries, |
| 1:28.1 | something fundamental shifted. Our 200-year-long standing policy of military non-alignment |
| 1:36.4 | has served sweet and well. But issue at hand is whether military non-alignment will keep serving |
| 1:43.8 | as well. Two countries with a proud history of neutrality are now applying to join NATO. |
| 1:52.5 | Now in a historic shift away from neutrality, both Finland and Sweden have taken steps towards |
| 1:57.6 | joining NATO. The move is prompted by concern for their own security in the wake of Russia's |
| 2:03.1 | invasion of Ukraine. It should be a historic moment for the NATO Alliance, |
| 2:09.3 | but their plans might be scuppered by one member. |
| 2:15.1 | Receptive Erdogan remains firmly opposed to Sweden and Finland's bids. |
| 2:23.2 | We will not say yes to the countries who apply sanctions to Turkey and want to join NATO. |
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