NATO Could Play a De-escalating Role in the Russia-Turkey Confrontation

The NATO Alliance must explore its options for negotiating small-scale incidents between member states and partner nations, if it ever hopes to build a coherent coalition to fight ISIS.

ESO: Background information: Russian warplane shot down near Turkey-Syria border / Turkey feels Putin’s fury over downed fighter http://www.europeansources.info/record/russian-warplane-shot-down-near-turkey-syria-border-turkey-feels-putins-fury-over-downed-fighter/

ESO: Background information: Hollande’s emerging war strategy http://www.europeansources.info/record/hollandes-emerging-war-strategy/

NATO: Press Release, No.169, 2015 (24.11.15): Statement by the NATO Secretary General after the extraordinary NAC meeting http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_125052.htm

Politico, 25.11.15: Security leaders: NATO, Russia need to talk http://www.politico.eu/article/security-leaders-nato-russia-need-to-talk/

EUObserver, 24.11.15: Nato sides with Turkey on Russia jet, urges calm https://euobserver.com/foreign/131253

NATO: Newsroom: Speeches and Transcripts, 26.11.15: Modernising the rule-book of European security http://defencematters.org/news/modernising-the-rule-book-of-european-security-by-nato-sec-gen-jens-stoltenberg/428/

ECFR: Commentary, 25.11.15: Nato should not risk a wrong turn over Turkey – and Ukraine http://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_nato_should_not_risk_a_wrong_turn_over_turkey_and_ukraine5030

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