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Energy conjoins NATO, 70 years later

Nuclear weapons and oil were the concrete commodities that undergirded NATO’s creation. The...

Turkey and allies need to decouple NATO and the US

It is unfortunate that at a time when NATO is celebrating its 70st anniversary, Turkey’s membership...

Nostalgia is a national security threat

Within the U.S. foreign-policy community, the Cold War is particularly notable for being compressed...

Assessing NATO’s Value

The United States was the driving proponent of NATO’s creation in 1949 and has been the...

Nato in the age of Putin and Trump

The organisation, which was originally meant to last ten years, celebrates its 70th anniversary...

To strengthen NATO, Congress must help end its reliance on Russian equipment

Eastern NATO members - the very ones on the front lines of potential hostilities with Russia - rely...

Time for NATO to talk about China

As NATO allies prepare to gather in Washington on April 4 to celebrate the alliance’s seventieth...

Cracks in the Transatlantic family show in Munich

Europeans seem not to understand that power is shifting away from them. Several European leaders...

Europe's immense security challenges in the age of Trump

The trans-Atlantic alliance has been significantly weakened, forcing Europe to build up its own...

The US-EU crisis, NATO and Greece

The Euro-Atlantic family is going through one of the worst crises in its history, as its unity is...

Can NATO survive two more years of Donald Trump?

Trump’s low regard for NATO has been publicly manifest in his incessant comments castigating Allies...

The world still needs NATO

In April, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization will celebrate its 70th birthday. Founded in the...

NATO at 70 — not a time to retire

When we celebrate NATO’s 70th anniversary in 2019, we will not be celebrating an outdated...

Is nuclear disarmament set to self-destruct?

The Americans say they have powerful evidence that, over several years, Russia has developed and...

NATO’s Trident Juncture 2018 exercise: political theatre with a purpose

Jack Watling, RUSI (United Kingdom) NATO has concluded its largest live exercise since the...

NATO is in the middle of an expensive and dangerous military exercise. Here’s why those war games are worth it

Over 50,000 troops, hundreds of aircraft and dozens of warships under his command are spread out...

Exercise Trident Juncture is a response to Russian aggression

The goal of the drills isn’t simply tactical. Although Alliance officials have stopped short of...

Trump is right to withdraw from that nuclear treaty

The INF treaty was supposed to eliminate all missiles with a range of about 300 to 3,500 miles....

Renegotiate the INF agreement, don't withdraw!

US President Donald Trump wants to withdraw from the 1987 INF treaty, saying Russia has violated it...

Why Belgium's pick of its next fighter is pivotal for Europe's future security

Much has changed in the Low Countries during the intervening millennium, but the need of allies to...

Why Finland and Sweden still flirt with joining NATO

Throughout the Cold War, Finland and Sweden maintained neutrality to avoid the crosshairs of...

NATO’s purpose is to ensure we don’t have to defend Montenegro

There is a reason Putin despises the NATO alliance so much — and has fought to prevent further...

A Russian attack on Montenegro could mean the end of NATO

Russia is not as powerful as it was in the Soviet era but, thanks to President Vladimir Putin’s...

5 things about NATO people too often misunderstand

Of all the goofy things that Donald Trump has done as president, nothing ignites the outrage of the...

The NATO summit proves Europe doesn't get Trump – or the US

Trump is certainly a different political leader and US president. His style is unique, but he...

Ban NATO summits

After watching this NATO summit unfold here in Brussels, we think it’s worth considering whether...

Trump Fumed, but NATO Members Got What They Wanted

U.S. President Donald Trump did just about everything he could to spoil the NATO summit in Brussels...

NATO-Gipfel kehrt zur Normalität zurück

Nach dem ersten Tag des NATO-Gipfels in Brüssel war klar: Es gab Streit, aber kein totales...

Two foundations for a successful NATO summit

Ensuring a successful NATO summit requires getting the fundamentals right. Namely, NATO should...

NATO–Russia Council: What are the outcomes?

The principal outcome of the NATO–Russia Council (NRC) held on May 31, 2018 is that it actually...

Trump vs NATO: the trade war is becoming a security crisis

The future of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation looks shakier now than perhaps at any time...

Winning on NATO

We noted earlier this week that one of President Trump’s less appreciated foreign-policy successes...

As Germany prepares for NATO crisis-response role, its military readiness is ‘abysmal’

Germany’s military is virtually undeployable and security experts say it is too weak to meet its...

Putin Is playing with fire and we all may get burned

When the U.S., U.K. and France launched airstrikes against Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons...

RIP the trans-Atlantic alliance, 1945-2018

The Atlantic alliance, built to contain the Soviet Union in the aftermath of World War II, began to...

Understanding Russian Propaganda in Eastern Europe

In addition to employing a state-funded multilingual television network, operating various...