Turkey has withdrawn its opposition to Sweden and Finland joining NATO. It is likely both have given Turkey private assurances that they will be less supportive of Kurdish independence activities based on their soil.
With all the hoo-hah about various Supreme Court decisions, not much attention has been paid to this change of heart. Potentially this is much the bigger deal, although how it will affect daily lives of Americans is less straightforward.
Membership for Finland and Sweden plugs a Baltic “hole” in the NATO bulwark and improves the security of NATO members Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Norway, Denmark, and Poland. Unlike some former joins, both of these new members have significant military resources and preparedness already in place.
Their decisions to join after decades of neutrality are reactions to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and another loss for Putin and Russia as they strengthen NATO. Once their membership is complete, any attack on either commits the members to come to their defense.
