Indo-PacificAs NATO turns focus to China, embracing Turkey becomes challenge
Alliance planners urge unity despite tensions over S-400s and Erdogan's politics
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called for a report outlining challenges and recommendations for the alliance through 2030. (Photo courtesy of NATO)
KEN MORIYASU and SINAN TAVSAN, Nikkei staff writers
NEW YORK/ISTANBUL -- Deep in the Anatolian heartland, a four-engine Airbus A400M strategic airlifter adorned the spanking new hangar. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared on a video link that Turkey would continue to increase defense investment "until we completely free our country from foreign dependence."