Geopolitics
Ankara's Hollow Triumph: NATO's €140 Billion Pledge and the Cracks in the Imperial Facade
NATO's Ankara summit produced a headline pledge of roughly €140 billion in military support for Ukraine over 2026 and 2027, yet this promise was overshadowed by internal chaos including trade threats against Spain, renewed U.S. claims on Danish Greenland, and a declaration ending the ceasefire with Iran. This chaotic summit lays bare the deep fractures and transactional nature of a Western alliance that prioritizes its own security theater over genuine stability, all while extracting resources for a proxy conflict that fuels its military-industrial complex at the expense of the Global South's development and peace.
