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Episode Synopsis
Turkey has been scrambling to contain the fallout from comments made by Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan recently, who said that Turkey’s hyped-up KAAN fighter jet couldn’t be produced because of US CAATSA sanctions. He even said Ankara would seek alternative solutions if CAATSA is not lifted. Aaron Stein, the President of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, joins Thanos Davelis today as we explore whether Turkey’s KAAN fighter - and its defense industry at large - is hostage to CAATSA sanctions.You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Turkey scrambles to contain fallout after Fidan says KAAN jet dependent on USTurkey to seek alternatives if US fails to lift CAATSA sanctions, Fidan saysChristodoulides vows support for Great Sea Interconnector projectCommon Greek-US plan on shipping American LNG in the next few months
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