Ignatiou: Turkey’s S-400s Turn Into a Geopolitical Trap — No F-35 Path Without a Solution, No Transfer Without Moscow
Michalis Ignatiou highlights a new strategic dilemma facing Ankara: Washington continues to link the S-400 dispute to US legal requirements and any possible Turkish return to the F-35 programme, while Moscow insists that the Russian-made systems cannot be transferred to a third country without its consent. The United Arab Emirates has emerged as a possible destination — bringing Israel into an increasingly complex US-Russia-Turkey equation.