For the first time in many years, the cohesion of NATO is genuinely threatened and the major threats may not come from the more traditional adversaries. Uncertain times lie ahead.

It may appear that the recent airstrikes in Syria will have little effect on the Syrian Regime and its backers of Iran and Russia. Yet there were very good reasons why they occurred, and why they should have their desired effect.

One hundred years on from the defeat and break up of the Ottoman Empire, Turkey is back on the world stage. How should the US, EU and NATO react to that ambition?