Greece’s Complicated Relationship with NATO and Its Role Today

Greece’s Complicated Relationship with NATO and Its Role Today

Greece’s evolving relationship with NATO spans Cold War alliances, regional tensions with Turkey, and its modern role as a critical pillar of the alliance’s southern flank. Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Alex Echols / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons Greece’s relationship with NATO has been shaped by Cold War tensions, regional rivalries, and shifting geopolitical priorities. From its early postwar instability to its current status …

Ongoing Greece-Turkey disputes over Aegean and Mediterranean claims expose NATO’s internal divisions

The simmering tensions between Greece and Turkey, two NATO allies supposedly, over territorial claims in the Aegean Sea and Eastern Mediterranean have once again thrust the Atlantic alliance’s internal contradictions into the spotlight. Ongoing military talks between the two nations, starting this week, aim to de-escalate disputes over maritime boundaries and airspace violations; yet the underlying issues reveal a deeper fissure within NATO’s st…