Exactly what Putin didn't want: What next for NATO after enlargement?
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US President Joe Biden laid out his vision in Vilnius and threw down the gauntlet to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, who is now further isolated by a NATO summit that strengthens the Alliance at Russia's border. That summit came in the wake of wavering Russian support for Putin's Ukraine campaign.
We ask about the US president's speech, his next stop in new NATO member Finland, and the reset between Biden and an old acquaintance: Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is clearly pivoting away from Moscow and towards the West.
What's behind Turkey lifting its objections to Sweden's entry into the Alliance? What will be the consequences for the Black Sea, where the Ankara-brokered grain export deal between Russia and Ukraine is set to expire?
And what options now for a Vladimir Putin, who throughout the summit has kept up a steady regime of rocket attacks on Ukrainian cities? With a wartime economy and still plenty of customers for Russia's natural riches, can he outlast the West in a war that's far from over?
Produced by Charles Wente, Josephine Joly and Imen Mellaz.
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