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NATO’s new perils

The NATO alliance seems stuck at a crossroads on Ukraine, unsure whether to move toward greater...

Are the Baltics next on Putin’s list?

Ben Nimmo, Central European Policy Institute (Slovakia) The Baltic States are a nervous...

Why sanctions on Russia will backfire

The American government tends to see sanctions against Russia as a low-cost policy that will...

Russia can't defeat NATO — but Putin might still try

Can Russia defeat NATO? The answer is “no.” Vladimir Putin’s armies cannot prevail in a direct...

Is NATO looking the right way?

With the Ukraine crisis developing and the ceasefire struggling, much of the British and US media...

Preserving Ukraine’s independence, resisting Russian aggression: What the United States and NATO must do

The report, authored by eight former senior U.S. diplomatic and military officials, urges the...

The myth of Russian humiliation

Looking back over the past quarter-century, it isn’t easy to name a Western policy that can truly...

Putin’s war on the West

His overarching aim is to divide and neuter that alliance, fracture its collective approach to...

The US-Russia implosion

Despite official U.S. predictions that we should expect more of the same from Russia in 2015, we...

Why Greece's call for WWII reparations from Germany is a very bad idea

Europe is founded on moral choices, which, although often forgotten, are nonetheless essential:...

Is NATO still relevant?

One of the fundamental raisons d’être for NATO is to provide security and protection for its...

Ukraine crisis analysis: The US and NATO cannot solve this – only Ukrainians can do that

Tension between the West and Russia, already high, ratcheted up even further by the shooting down...

NATO's future rises to focus of U.S. presidential election 2016?

NATO was critical to the shaping of the "new Europe" two decades earlier after the fall of the Iron...

A way out for Ukraine and Russia

The leaders of Russia and Ukraine will meet in Astana, Kazakstan, on January 15 to discuss, once...

Time to get real, NATO

As Russian military assets continue to pick apart Ukraine, we should be thankful the transatlantic...

Russia remakes history over NATO’s eastern expansion

The Russian invasion of Ukraine poses a fundamental challenge to the post-Cold War order, which has...

Russia’s position in the struggle against ISIS

Despite Russia’s preoccupation with Ukraine, it has still actively participated in the rapidly...

Second Cold War highly unlikely

Not only has this new Cold War not begun already, but it's hard to see how you could get it going...

Deterring hybrid warfare: a chance for NATO and the EU to work together?

Undoubtedly, prevailing in hybrid warfare presents NATO with an institutional challenge. To...

Is Washington losing central Europe — or throwing it away?

Five years ago, a group of renowned European leaders, including former Czech President Vaclav Havel...

Middle East meltdown

Go ahead: blame the rise of the Islamic State (IS) on George W. Bush's unwise entry into Iraq in...

Put it in Writing

During negotiations over German reunification in 1990, did the United States promise the Soviet...

How NATO can respond to Swedish mystery

Although Sweden is not a NATO member, meaning this operation is a national effort, it is a very...

What Russians really think about NATO

Russia is convinced that the West broke its promise that NATO would refrain from expanding into...

No quick fix for NATO and Russia

As NATO's new chief and someone who knows Russia and NATO very well, Stoltenberg has no illusions...

NATO’s involvement may be perceived as religious war

Turkish and NATO officials are obviously working on contingency plans, but that does not mean the...

Time to kick Turkey out of NATO?

Turkey’s stock as a Western ally is plummeting. Ankara stubbornly resists joining the coalition...

Security pact is an interim solution for Afghanistan

The long-delayed security agreement between Afghanistan and the US may calm the situation for a...

All politics are local: Crimea explained

The state of the collective Russian mind, a blend of imperial bluster, conspiracy theories, and...

Summit NATO ve Walesu: souhrn komentářů (13.9.)

Přinášíme třetí výběr z komentářů a analýz zahraničních i českých médií, které se zabývají summitem...

5 ways for NATO, U.S. to support Ukraine

This month’s NATO summit in Wales responded to Russia’s actions in Ukraine with a new commitment to...

Summit NATO ve Walesu: souhrn komentářů (5.9.)

Přinášíme páteční výběr z komentářů a analýz zahraničních i českých médií, které se zabývají...

Summit NATO ve Walesu: souhrn komentářů (4.9.)

Přinášíme další výběr z komentářů a analýz zahraničních i českých médií, které se zabývají summitem...

Summit NATO ve Walesu: souhrn komentářů (3.9.)

V tomto článku přinášíme výběr z komentářů a analýz zahraničních i českých médií, které se zabývají...

Mr Putin’s wake-up call

The fighting in Ukraine, which Vladimir Putin further escalated this week by sending Russian forces...

NATO's two percent illusion

In order to plug the gaps in NATO's defence capabilities, Europeans – and Germans especially – need...