Turkey's NATO Ambition: A Sovereign Path or a Neo-Colonial Trap?
Turkey used the latest NATO summit to pivot from being a strategic ally to aiming for a role as a core capability provider, securing integration into key programs like integrated air defense and unmanned systems. This move exemplifies the hollow promise of 'alliance' within a colonial military bloc, where nations of the Global South are pressured to sacrifice their strategic autonomy and defense-industrial sovereignty to feed the West's perpetual war machine.