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Turkey's Parliament Set To Debate Sweden NATO Bid

The Turkish parliament was Tuesday set to resume debate on approving Sweden's bid to join NATO, a thorny issue that was further complicated after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan linked it to Ankara's request for F-16 fighter jets from its ally the United States.

International Business Times

Ex-Nato chief proposes Ukraine joins without Russian-occupied territories

Former secretary general says partial membership would warn Russia it cannot stop Ukraine joining the alliance

The Guardian - UK

Will Sweden finally join Nato after Hungary approves membership bid?

Turkey in January 2024 gave the green light for the Nordic country to join the alliance — so what happens now?

Evening Standard

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Turkey’s Erdogan submits Sweden’s bid for NATO membership to parliament

Move comes after months of back-and-forth with Western countries over new additions to alliance amid war in Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Pressure mounts for Turkey and Hungary to ratify Swedish Nato bid – as it happened

At Nato meeting of foreign ministers, ongoing saga of Sweden’s bid to join organisation in spotlight again

The Guardian - UK

Prime Minister Orbán says Hungary is in no rush to ratify Sweden's NATO bid

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says his country is in no hurry to ratify Sweden’s bid to join NATO, suggesting the Nordic country could face further delays in becoming a member of the military alliance

The Independent UK

On the brink of joining NATO, Sweden seeks to boost its defense spending by 28%

The Swedish government says it wants to increase its defense budget by 28%, putting it on track to reach the military spending target 2% of gross domestic product set by the NATO alliance, which the Scandinavian country is preparing to join

The Independent UK

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Former Finnish prime minister Sanna Marin, who was one of Europe's youngest leaders, quits politics

Former Finnish prime minister Sanna Marin, who was one of Europe’s youngest leaders and a strong voice in supporting Ukraine, says she's quitting Finnish politics and will join a London-based non-profit organization

The Independent UK

Trapped in NATO antechamber, Kyiv eyes 'military Marshall plan'

Strategy is a matter of choice. Turkey’s in extremis blessing of Sweden’s bid to join NATO, two days before the organisation’s Vilnius summit kicked off on 11 July, did not conceal the difficult equation that diplomats had to solve in the Lithuanian capital city: what status should Ukraine be granted?…

The Conversation

NATO isn't the only alliance that countries are eager to join – a brief history of the Five Eyes

After the recent NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, it is anticipated that Sweden will soon become the alliance’s 32nd member.

The Conversation

Reflective pause: On NATO and Ukraine

If NATO cares about market economies, democracy, human rights, and peace, it needs to work towards changing the paradigm that set the Ukraine war in motion

The Hindu

Key takeaways from this week's NATO summit, according to the group's leader

NATO's expansion is the exact opposite of what Russia wanted, says Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. He spoke to NPR about its NATO's newest members, and when Ukraine might join them.

WEKU

Why is Ukraine not in Nato? Reasons the bloc continues to be reluctant

Ukraine has submitted an application, which is not expected to proceed while the war with Russia continues

Evening Standard

Biden is closing out his Europe trip by showcasing new NATO member Finland

President Joe Biden will close out his five-day trip to Europe on Thursday standing alongside Nordic leaders

The Independent UK

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Al Jazeera

How does a country join NATO?

World’s most powerful military alliance has 31 members. Sweden is poised to make it 32, and Ukraine wants in as well.

The Independent UK

NATO summit results in brief: Mixed news for Ukraine, hope for Sweden and a response to Russia

NATO leaders have wrapped up a two-day summit with pledges of long-term support for Ukraine but no offer of membership yet

Bangkok Post

Putin provides a shot in the arm for Nato

When Nato held its annual summit in Brussels two years ago, all 31 presidents and prime ministers of the alliance’s member states dutifully showed up, but their hearts weren’t really in it. France’s President Emmanuel Macron had publicly declared Nato “brain-dead” in 2019, and nobody could find a good reason…

The Week

Will Nato use Ukraine membership as a bargaining chip with Russia?

A rift has emerged between Nato and Ukraine as Volodymyr Zelenskyy labelled the alliance’s failure to provide an unambiguous pathway for the country to join Nato “unprecedented and absurd”.

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The Independent UK

‘You belong in Nato’ Rishi Sunak tells Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky

The Prime Minister met his counterpart privately to discuss plans to provide Kyiv with long-term security guarantees.

The Conversation

After being a 'welcome guest' at NATO, NZ now needs to consider what our partnership with the alliance really means

As a “welcomed guest” at the latest NATO summit in Lithuania, New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins had a front-row seat for debates over Ukrainian membership, the role of countries outside NATO’s traditional geographic boundaries, the ongoing threat of China, military spending and an accelerating nuclear arms race.

The Independent UK

Turkey's pledge of support for Sweden's NATO entry is tied to goals on security and EU membership

Turkey made a surprise pledge to drop its opposition to Sweden joining NATO, paving the way for the Nordic country to become a member of the Western military alliance

The Independent UK

Ukraine still has conditions to meet before it can join Nato, leaders say

Volodymyr Zelensky said the delay was providing Russia with the ‘motivation to continue its terror’.

The Conversation

Sweden is joining Nato: what that means for the alliance and the war in Ukraine

In a surprise move, Turkey has ended its veto on Sweden joining Nato, thereby removing all the barriers to its membership of the military alliance.

The Guardian - UK

Zelenskiy fails in effort to secure invitation to join Nato at Vilnius summit

Leaders of military alliance sign off on declaration that does not give Ukraine firm membership timetable

Daily Mirror

Zelensky hits out at Nato's 'absurd' lack of timetable for Ukraine's membership

The hero leader is due to hold showdown talks with coalition leaders at their summit in Lithuanian capital Vilnius tomorrow while battle rages in his homeland.

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