Buying Russian Missile Systems Would Be a Political Breakthrough for Turkey

... There should be no drastic and tragic changes in relations between Turkey and the United States. Of course, for Washington Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a “complex partner”, a so-called “Sultan,” who tries to pursue an independent foreign policy. ... ... 2016, when the Americans tried to liquidate him physically. However, despite all these “red lines,” the Russian-Turkish S-400 deal is unlikely to be finalized. This is a very sensitive issue. One of the US deputy defense secretaries, back in the ...