The United States appears to be pulling back from European security, with U.S. plans for withdrawal accelerating after a rift over support for the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. NATO’s Turkey summit could be the start of a transition toward a new version of the alliance,

"The NATO summit in Ankara should serve as the moment Europe accepts full responsibility for its own security and its proximate security environment," writes Galip Dalay.

As NATO searches for a new identity, the Ankara summit reveals Türkiye’s growing role in shaping the alliance’s future

As NATO meets in Ankara amid transatlantic strain, European allies must present the Trump administration with a burden-shifting roadmap, put its defense industry on a wartime footing, and advance NATO-EU cooperation by addressing Turkey’s role in European defense.

The performance is meant to imply that the world is an orderly place, or at least a place on which reasonable people are determined to impose some order.

By Andrew Gray BRUSSELS, July 3 (Reuters) - NATO leaders gather next week in Ankara, where Europeans aim to set aside strife with U.S. President Donald Trump over Iran and Greenland and show they are stepping up to defend the continent as Washington cuts back on its commitments to the alliance.

Turkish police detained some participants of an anti-NATO demonstration in central Ankara on Tuesday morning, after they defied strict security measures and a blanket ban on protests during the

Appearing willing to take on a greater role in Europe’s “security” and to assume new NATO obligations, the Turkish political establishment is using this card to strengthen its hand—above all against its regional rivals Israel and Greece—and to secure the interests of the Turkish bourgeoisie.