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House subcommittee debates Turkey’s role in NATO, Black Sea security and strategic resources
Summary
At a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe hearing, witnesses and members debated Turkey’s strategic role in NATO, its influence in the Black Sea and implications for U.S. policy, including a brief mention of reported rare-earth resources; witnesses urged pragmatic U.S. engagement while noting risks from Ankara’s behavior.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Europe heard testimony Tuesday examining Turkey’s strategic position in NATO, its influence across the Black Sea and the risks and opportunities that position creates for the United States and its allies.
The subcommittee chair opened the hearing saying the panel would examine “Turkey’s roles in NATO and necessarily the Middle East,” and asked witnesses to address Turkey’s recent policy shifts and regional posture.
Turkey’s location and military capabilities make it central to NATO planning, witnesses said, but that centrality is complicated by divergent Turkish policies toward Russia, the Middle East and NATO partners. “Turkey now has the potential to emerge as the primary naval power in the Black Sea,” said Dr. Anna Borshchevskaya, Harold Greenspun senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, summarizing her written testimony…
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