The twin threat of Russia’s and Turkey’s assertive autocracies on the European Union’s doorstep is testing the ability of the bloc’s members to find a common front in an increasingly unstable neighborhood.
The Baltic and Nordic states, as well as Poland, are focused on the formidable danger posed by neighboring Russia, and have traditionally viewed distant Turkey—a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization—as an ally that could shore up their own defenses.
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