![]() ![]() Turkey is not a member of the EU it has not joined EU or US economic sanctions on Russia yet it has also indicated that it will not try to circumvent sanctions, and has stated it will honor sanctions imposed on Russia by the UN. Ankara provided advanced drones to Ukraine, and it has assisted Ukraine in manufacturing its own drones. Turkey also restricted Russian military flights across its territory, although Russian commercial flights between the two countries are still permitted. Turkey condemned Russia's invasion, and promptly blocked Russian warships from passing through the Bosporus and Dardanelles Straits and into the Black Sea. Turkey's Response: Supportive Yet Ambivalent Still, there are indications and track records. It is not entirely clear how events might play out in Turkey or the Western Balkans. ![]() The rules of engagement differ in the Balkans. ![]() The Western Balkans, which were a theater of war in the 1990s, remain an arena of competition between pro-Russian and pro-Western elements. To protect its own national interests, Turkey-a longtime NATO member, and a powerful actor in the region-is navigating a narrow path between its alliance commitments and its relationship with Russia. Part one discusses how the war could end part two deals with the potential for escalation of the war part three discusses how the war in Ukraine may affect Russia part four is about the consequences of the war on NATO, part five looks at Turkey and the Balkan states part six the global economic consequences and the series concludes with part seven. This series takes in the sweep of the war in Ukraine and its downstream effects both regionally and globally. ![]()
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