As long as the Russian imperial state exists in its current form, the threat it poses to Europe won’t go away. Andrew A. Michta is senior fellow and director of…
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Frankfurt, Paris (14/4 – 40) Relations between Russia and NATO have reached boiling point due the recent event: the claim that Serbia and Russia want to refight Kosovo; the closure…
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Putin doesn’t really want a war with NATO because ‘Russia will lose and lose quickly’
by Cody Doyleby Cody DoyleBerlin/London/Brussels (29/2 – 33.33). Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn’t really want a conflict with NATO because in that scenario Russia would quickly lose, the head of the UK’s armed forces…
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The Price of War?
Brussels (3/12) Governments may be doing great while the people suffer. Bombing of the Nordstream 2 pipeline, carrying cheap Russian natural gas to industry and consumers in Europe, is exerting…
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The Relevance of NATO in the 21st Century
by Thomas Burkeby Thomas BurkeFrankfurt (3/12 – 12) The relatively rapid cohesion of disparate nations, historically competitive or even at war with one another, into the European Union came about in part because of…
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Russian Spy Chief Speaks Half-Truths about NATO Interventions
by Koby Johnby Koby JohnMarking the 28th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization intervention that stopped a violent conflict in former Yugoslavia, Russia’s spy chief Sergei Naryshkin held a revisionist forum on August…
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Elseddik Haftar, Libya’s hope for a new beginning or same old?
Brussels (12/09 – 18.18) Elseddik Haftar, eldest son of eastern Libyan strong man Khalifa Haftar said on Monday he was open to a presidential bid, but cautioned that nationwide elections…
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Türkiye, Sweetened by F-16s, Approves Sweden NATO Membership
Frankfurt, Brussels (21/7 – 37) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has once again reversed course, approving Sweden’s bid to join the legacy European military bloc, having been promised a brace…
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Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability
by Cody Doyleby Cody DoyleSECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good evening, everyone. Let me start by saying how good it is to be back in Indonesia. I came here from the NATO Summit in Vilnius, where our…
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Turkey Awaits Presidential Election Results as Erdogan’s Leadership Hangs in Balance
by Blake Brooksby Blake BrooksANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Election polls closed Sunday in Turkey, where President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 20-year leadership of the NATO member country grappling with economic turmoil and the erosion of…