Biden Administration Takes a Plunge in Mediterranean With Greece, but Turkey Will Feel the Splash

Plans to build American bases on two Greeks islands in Aegean could complicate relations with Ankara.

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A Greek navy carrier docks at Mytilene on the island of Lesbos, March 4, 2020. Milos Bicanski/Getty Images

In another sign of how the war in Ukraine is shaking up the geopolitical scene, Washington is actively seeking along with Greece to amplify its strategic reach in the Aegean Sea — a move almost certain, in time, to vex Turkey. Notwithstanding that Greece and Turkey are neighbors and that both are party to the North Atlantic Treaty, and despite a recent thaw in generally fraught relations, the two countries are at odds over a range of issues. 

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