Has Turkey Defected to Russia and China?

U.S. sanctions official met with Turkish counterparts last month in Ankara and Istanbul.

Turkey is still blocking admission of Finland and Sweden to NATO.

Turkey has been an obstacle to the admission of the two countries, long neutral, applied for membership soon after Russia's invasion of Ukraine last February.

Turkey's president also needs Moscow's energy lifeline.

Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) echoed the views of many when he said in early February that Turkey is an "unfaithful ally." "Loyalty runs both ways," Bass says, referring to decades of a troubled relationship, including the EU's rejection of Turkey's membership. "Perhaps the West has not been faithful to Turkey." Perhaps, but something has to change. Gordon G. Chang is the author of The Coming Collapse of China. Follow him on Twitter @GordonGChang. The views expressed in this article are the writer's own..