When President Joe Biden meets his Turkish counterpart President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, the two leaders will be looking to repair a long alliance as pressure from China and Russia looms over Europe
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was greatly displeased by the Biden White House's decision to recognize the Armenian genocide. | .
The problems are significant, but the Biden administration is looking for an ally that will continue to help with the Syrian refugee crisis while playing a more positive role in regional tensions. That includes new disputes in the Eastern Mediterranean, Syria and Libya, areas where Ankara has butted heads with a host of antagonists from Greece to France to Russia.
To this point in his presidency, Biden has given Erdogan the diplomatic cold shoulder, only making his first phone call in April, which was merely to inform the Turkish leader of his decision to recognize the 1915 Armenian genocide, the first time a U.S. president has done so. The decision sparked outrage in Ankara, and Erdogan said the decision caused a “deep wound” in the U.S./Turkey relationship.
More recently, Turkey has sought to water down NATO statements concerning Russian cyber attacks targeting the United States, along with a suspected Russian military intelligence attack against ammunition depots in the Czech Republic. That sort of alliance-busting — NATO operates by unanimous consent among its 30 member states — is unlikely to sit well with the Biden administration, which has put alliance building at the top of its international agenda.
The Trump administration warned for months before the delivery that the S-400 would mean Turkey would be removed from the F-35 program and could invoke sanctions against the local defense industry under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act , which punished countries for buying Russian military equipment.
Meetings at the Pentagon concerning Turkey end often with the same question, according to a former Pentagon official who worked closely on Turkey-related issues: “How does this affect Turkey after Erdogan? Because we want a great relationship with Turkey again, after Erdogan.”
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