Many eyebrows are raised over Turkey’s approach to the Brics alliance, where several of the countries have a pronounced anti-Western rhetoric. The approach does not formally violate NATO rules, but many believe that it points to a lack of loyalty to the defense alliance.
For Brics countries such as China and Russia, however, it is a feather in the cap that the NATO country Turkey is showing interest.
Hear Tomas Torén’s analysis in the clip above