The War that nobody wanted (but everyone engaged in)
Brussels (50). Two years in the war of Russian aggression against the Ukraine the balance is grim. Let us take stock. Leadership. The EU…
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Russia: Fake News Aims to Serbians
Frankfurt, Paris (14/4 – 40) Relations between Russia and NATO have reached boiling point due the recent event: the claim that Serbia and Russia…
Taliban Pranksters – Just Can’t Keep Them Down
Frankfurt (18/12 – 14) That there are remarkable advantages in being ignored is not generally recognized. Central Asian countries, historically under the thumb of…
The Relevance of NATO in the 21st Century
Frankfurt (3/12 – 12) The relatively rapid cohesion of disparate nations, historically competitive or even at war with one another, into the European Union…
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…
Turkey frees US consulate employee whose jailing strained ties
A Turkish former employee of the US consulate in Istanbul was recently released from prison, Bloomberg News said on Monday, three years after he was convicted…
US troops in Lithuania test Baltic defenses on NATO’s most vulnerable flank
PABRADĖ, Lithuania — An enemy force had set its sights on Lithuania and was advancing rapidly on the small Baltic nation from the south,…
Blinken will return to Israel as the US hopes to see further extensions of the Gaza cease-fire
BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will return this week to the Middle East as the U.S. hopes to find a…
Former Nato Commander Warns of ‘ladder of Escalation’ Between US, Iran
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis warned of a “ladder of escalation” between the U.S. and Iran on Friday. “I would still assess the chances…
The United States Needs Its Own Strategic ‘turning Point’ in Europe
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 upended European security and, as a result, how European countries approach their security. Finland and Sweden…