The Mission Beyond the Meeting: Actualizing Conversations at the Ankara Summit

Ankara, Air Force One, and Alliance on Edge

The NATO summit in Ankara — and the far-more significant strategic questions it raised — has so far gone almost entirely unexamined. ... The post Ankara, Air Force One, and Alliance on Edge appeared first on The New American.

The Mission Beyond the Meeting: Actualizing Conversations at the Ankara Summit

The 2026 NATO Summit in Ankara presented a unique opportunity to uphold the importance of NATO’s Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda in the pursuit of collective security. Growing concerns over Turkey’s domestic humanitarian record underscored a deeper importance to this conversation. Nonetheless, at a time where confrontation is often chosen over conversation, the Summit offered a reminder of the importance of the willingness to gather. Thro…