How Turkey’s meddling in Middle East conflicts could erode stability in the region

He (Vali Nasr) told the Rusi webinar, titled ‘A Changing Middle East and Implications for Nato’, that Turkey’s actions meant it would be increasingly difficult for the alliance to resolve problems with “a major disrupter in the region” in “expansionist mode”. Rusi analyst Michael Stephens called for Nato “to step up and talk about long-term security guarantees” it can offer the Middle East over the next 30 years. He said the region now realised that Russia and China were “not real options” in providing security, with America the only realistic country with the power to offer stability.