European Union http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/ en Turkey: Ally or Albatross? http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jrnl/art/turkey-ally-or-albatross <span>Turkey: Ally or Albatross?</span> <span><span>SWJED</span></span> <span>Sun, 05/21/2017 - 12:23pm</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> The principal recommendation for NATO reform here, is to expel Turkey, recognize Kurdistan, and end Ankara’s pipe dream of accession to the European Union.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/turkey-ally-or-albatross" rel="tag" title="Turkey: Ally or Albatross?" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Turkey: Ally or Albatross?</span></a></li><li class="comment-comments"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/turkey-ally-or-albatross#comments" title="Jump to the first comment." hreflang="en">14 comments</a></li><li class="comment-new-comments"><a href="/index.php/taxonomy/term/605/feed" class="hidden" title="Jump to the first new comment." data-history-node-last-comment-timestamp="1683899426" data-history-node-field-name="comment"></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Sun, 21 May 2017 16:23:56 +0000 SWJED 69612 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com The European Albatross Tries to Fly http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jrnl/art/the-european-albatross-tries-to-fly-0 <span>The European Albatross Tries to Fly</span> <span><span>SWJED</span></span> <span>Thu, 10/06/2016 - 12:09pm</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p> European Union ambitions for a military force distinct from NATO are absurd. The list of challenges to forming such a force are legion.</p> </div> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="/index.php/jrnl/art/the-european-albatross-tries-to-fly-0" rel="tag" title="The European Albatross Tries to Fly" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about The European Albatross Tries to Fly</span></a></li><li class="comment-forbidden"></li><li></li></ul> Thu, 06 Oct 2016 16:09:46 +0000 SWJED 52923 at http://archive.smallwarsjournal.com