Inside the Ankara NATO Summit
About this episode
The episode discusses the outcomes and implications of the NATO summit held in Ankara, focusing on US-Iran tensions and Turkey's military ambitions.
At the recent NATO summit in Ankara, renewed US-Iran strikes and Turkey's push to rejoin the F-35 stealth fighter program overshadowed the Alliance's message of unity and a strong European pillar. MEI Senior Fellow Iulia Joja joins host Alistair Taylor to unpack the summit — what it achieved, what got left off the agenda, and why the roads out of Ankara run through the Middle East. Recorded on July 14, 2026.
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