“Turkey is in a geographically strategic location and is a useful partner to the United States for its ability to work with many different countries, including Russia and China, and to act as a mediator and go-between,” senior fellow and director of military analysis at Defense Priorities, Jennifer Kavanagh, tells the Sun.
“Relative to its neighbors, it is pretty stable and acts as a bulwark against the spread of turbulence in the Middle East.”
Ms. Kavanagh, however, stressed that America should “not get involved in the domestic politics of foreign countries,” and instead should “be considering its own future in NATO, an alliance that has served its purpose and now acts as more of a burden on Washington than a strategic benefit.”
“If the United States stays in NATO, expelling Turkey would be a strategic mistake and a short-sighted and narrow-minded move better suited to the era of American primacy than today’s multipolar world,” she continued.
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