Robert Ellis
(Turkey analyst and commentator and an international advisor at the Research Institute for European and American Studies in Athens)
Copyright: @ 2025 Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 18 June 2025
Note: The article reflects the opinion of the author and not necessarily the views of the Research Institute for European and American Studies
The joint UK-France proposal to form “a coalition of the willing” to provide a peacekeeping force for Ukraine was more like a meeting of the mice, who agreed to bell the cat. It was panned as “political theatre” and dismissed by Azeem Ibrahim from the Strategic Studies Institute as “heavy on symbolism and dangerously light on credibility”. Accordingly, NATO’s two-day summit at The Hague, which begins on 24 June, will be pivotal. .... Read more