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What is Defense Diplomacy: the role of military forces in peacetime

Activities called "security cooperation" and "defense exchange / defense cooperation", i.e. foreign...

Germany’s Indo-Pacific frigate may send unclear message

When it recently emerged that Germany was planning to deploy the Bayern frigate to the South China...

The baleful phantom of border changes haunts the Balkans

Changing state borders in the western Balkans is usually considered one of the most dangerous ideas...

The new challenge for NATO: Securing a climate-changed world

Climate change is presenting a complex challenge for humanity as it contributes to sea-level rise,...

The Americans may leave Afghanistan, but the Forever War will grind on

Joe Biden may be withdrawing US troops from the ground, but given the continuing threat of...

The U.S. military takes UFOs seriously. Why doesn't Silicon Valley or academia?

The government wants to know if these unidentified objects pose a military threat. But they also...

NATO accession would not be a way for the West to help Ukraine

Ukrainian politicians have also started the discussion about joining NATO. Is there a chance for...

Biden is making a major mistake on Afghanistan

The Taliban have little incentive not to seek out their enemies wherever they might be found and...

Why India must not say ‘no’ to NATO

Any suggestion that India should engage the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is usually met with...

NATO’s focus on China is too narrow

China will have a prominent place in NATO’s emerging new Strategic Concept. But many of America’s...

UK should prioritise NATO, Euro-Atlantic cooperation and resilience in post-Brexit European security

With the new adjustments and shift in the UK’s foreign policy orientation, its prime focus forum...

The North Atlantic community renewed: Challenges, trends, and solutions

With 900 million people and $1 trillion in defense spending, the United States and Europe represent...

NATO faces conundrum as it mulls Afghan pullout

After 20 years of military engagement and billions of dollars spent, NATO and the United States...

NATO, ‘brain dead’ no more

A year after French President Emmanuel Macron declared NATO “brain dead,” the military alliance has...

Germany never took Trump's troop threat seriously

The partial withdrawal of US troops from Germany, announced with so much bluster by President...

Trump makes a bad situation worse in Afghanistan

Since the day he entered office, President Donald Trump hasn’t been able to make up his mind about...

Deutschland und die Nato müssen ein Signal senden

Im allerletzten Augenblick will der US-Präsident den Afghanistan-Abzug beschleunigen - mit...

U.S. Election Pits Vocal NATO Backer Biden Against Frequent Critic Trump

Despite the checks on U.S. presidential power and other factors that can provide for continuity...

NATO 20/2020: Twenty bold ideas to reimagine the Alliance after the 2020 US election

More than two decades after NATO’s inspired decision to invite former adversaries to join its...

Let Afghanistan be a lesson to US, NATO

After the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, DC, the US and its allies invaded Afghanistan....

Westlessness: how cracks within NATO signal a new balance of global power

It is easy to treat Trump as the cause of Western fragmentation. But it is much truer to consider...

China’s effect: A global NATO

A shift is taking place in global military thinking. NATO, arguably the most successful military...

Berlin darf diesen Abzug keinesfalls mit einem Achselzucken beantworten

Dass Washington Soldaten aus Deutschland und Europa abzieht, darf uns nicht gleichgültig sein. Es...

Ein Konzept, kein Plan

Die USA machen Ernst und wollen 12 000 Soldaten aus Deutschland abziehen. Ob es wirklich so kommt...

How Russian imperialism could bring down Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin has based his domestic support on economic growth and restoring...

NATO needs a new core task

As NATO undertakes its so-called reflection process decided by heads of state and government in...

Keeping the Americans in, the Russians out and the Chinese in check: Germany’s future strategy

Germany’s next leader will need to restate not only the country’s future security stance, but also...

NATO is dying

Last December, NATO commemorated 70 years of underpinning peace, stability, and prosperity on both...

Taliban bounties would be a new low even for Putin

When I visited Moscow as the NATO commander of the Afghan mission almost 30 years later, I met with...

Beijing benefits from Donald Trump Nato fallout

American President Donald Trump cares little about diplomacy. His plan to pull about 9,500 of his...

The folly of a NATO troop withdrawal decision

A reported decision by President Trump to remove some 9,500 American troops from Germany could...

Before Donald Trump, Russia needed 60 hours to beat NATO - now Moscow could win much faster

Four days after President Donald Trump’s most recent phone conversation with Russian President...

Greek F-16s protect North Macedonia

So Greek jets are monitoring North Macedonian airspace in a gesture that has the obvious symbolism,...

Turkey and Russia are at war, and Libya’s the loser

The long-running Libyan civil war appears to be staggering toward a finale. … But the fighting is...

NATO’s role in a transatlantic strategy on China

It is hard, if not impossible, for NATO to avoid China. Beijing presents a full spectrum challenge...