Turkey: Desperately Seeking Solutions

July 15, 2021: Turkey is trying to barter its way out of its various disputes with NATO in general and the United States in particular. In return for halting efforts to buy or use Russian military equipment and offering troops to keep the main Afghanistan airport, outside Kabul, functioning after all other NATO forces have left, Turkey wants a free hand against Greece over maritime disputes that also involve the illegal presence of Turkish forces in Libya. So far NATO is united in support for Greece against Turkey on this and getting the Turks out of Libya. Turkey needs some kind of compromise regarding NATO because that is one opponent they…