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NATO next steps: Upgrade the role of finance ministers

While the member nations are preparing for the summit, the Trump administration should press its...

Serbia balances between Russia and the West

As Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic meets with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, his...

Trump's new strategy: Russia is an actual threat

President Donald Trump rolled out his national security strategy, a key planning document that...

Norway’s defense minister: The path to the next NATO summit

NATO faces a deteriorating security environment that is both dynamic and complex. Threats present...

Why Nato must defend women's rights

All violence against women betrays the fundamental promise in the UN Charter of equal rights and...

NATO doesn't need a European rival

A plan to create a non-NATO military bureaucracy would only play into Vladimir Putin's hands.

Russia's winning the war for Turkish public's trust

The United States and Europe are on the verge of losing the Turkish public to Russia. Since...

America’s love affair with uniformed men is problematic

A poignant feature of American bases in Iraq were their walls of Thank You cards sent by American...

NATO’s Eastern flank and its future relationship with Russia

Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its invasion of eastern Ukraine unified the North Atlantic Treaty...

Importance Of NATO’s Incirlik airbase for Turkish-American and Israel relations

Constructed in 1955 with US assistance, the facility was NATO’s most important “southest wing”...

What is the logic behind Turkey’s S-400 deal with Russia?

Turkey, like any other country, has the right to consider its own security needs first. It is clear...

Trump gets it right

President Trump's affirmation of US engagement in Afghanistan reassured Germany and other NATO...

Why didn't sanctions stop North Korea’s missile program?

North Korea’s long-range missile program has made significant technological advances in the past...

Are America's overseas security commitments worth it?

A growing debate has called into question the international security commitments of the United...

US, NATO wait to see if Russia-Turkey defense deal goes through

Turkey’s plans to procure an advanced long-range air and missile defense system (LORAMIDS) has been...

The week Donald Trump lost the South China Sea

South China Sea, the most disputed waterway in the world. Hanoi has been looking to Washington for...

Donald Trump’s Warsaw speech a revelation

In Poland the President spoke eloquently about the strong links between the Polish people and...

Thank Putin, not Trump, for NATO’s new defense spending boost

One president is pushing NATO to get its act together on defense spending. But that president sits...

NATO can fight terrorism and help refugees

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has now formally enlisted in the fight against Islamic...

Get out of Incirlik!

According to an old saying, hope is the last thing we lose. But did anyone seriously believe that...

NATO allies can spend more money, more wisely

If Donald Trump and Barack Obama agree on something, does that mean it’s true? In the case of...

Abandonment of NATO can’t be walked back

May 25, 2017, will be remembered in Europe as the date on which an American president deliberately...

Russia’s goal of damaging NATO has failed

European angst and American anger were on full display at this week’s NATO meeting of heads of...

Is NATO getting too big to succeed?

NATO should not be in the business of extending territorial guarantees to countries that are deep...

The message NATO needs to hear from Trump

As President Donald Trump prepares to meet his counterparts for the first time at NATO headquarters...

Brussels-bound Trump armed with demands for NATO

When President Donald Trump arrives at NATO headquarters on Thursday, allies will be under intense...

A new transatlantic security bargain

Given the history, it may be tempting to dismiss President Donald Trump’s on-and-off admonishments...

5 reasons Trump should send more troops to Afghanistan

As the Trump Administration wrestles with locations, numbers and missions for American combat...

NATO frantically tries to Trump-proof President’s first visit

On May 25, NATO will host the heads of state of all 28 member countries in what will be Trump’s...

Russian intelligence is at (political) war

It is inevitable and understandable that we rely on mirror-imaging when looking at Russia’s...

Turkey’s role in Syria raises serious questions about Nato’s future

Despite recent Nato’s assurances to Trump that the military alliance will begin to reorient its...

Why we need NATO - in a single bullet

An alliance, like any collaboration, doesn't work simply because its members agree on a course of...

Déja vu: Why is Russia back in Afghanistan?

Russia is revisiting one of the key Cold War proxy battlegrounds, Afghanistan, where 15,000 of its...

Making Afghanistan great again

President Donald Trump will soon have to decide what to do about Afghanistan. After weeks of...

Why NATO wants Montenegro (not for its military might)

Late last week, Montenegro's parliament voted to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization,...

Three 'black holes' facing NATO: strategy, Russia, weapons

Black holes are not merely matters of physics. Strategic black holes may be even more confounding...