You’ve got to hand it to the Sultan of Swing Policy – when he dances, he can spin on a sixpence and turn a full 180 degrees so quickly he’s a blur of motion.
During a 72-hour period Turkey’s President Erdogan lifted his objection to Sweden joining NATO, endorsed Ukraine’s eventual membership, allowed the Ukrainian ‘Azov Commanders’ to return home, opened negotiations with France to oversee a Russian built nuclear plant in Turkey, and asked for EU accession talks to be unfrozen.
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