natoaktual.cz

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...

Think we have military primacy over China? Think again.

David Ignatius, The Washington Post (USA) The Pentagon is good at doing what it did yesterday,...

How to keep Nato fit for purpose in years to come

The secret of Nato’s longevity is its adaptability. … Nato has always adjusted to the challenge at...

Koło ratunkowe dla przemysłu obronnego. Państwa NATO wydadzą miliardy

Kryzys spowodowany pandemią koronawirusa wywiera presję na przedsiębiorstwach sektora zbrojeniowego...

The US should call NATO to action and defend Europe against coronavirus

If NATO could bend Article 5 to combat a non-state terrorist actor striking the United States, why...

The coronavirus is a test for the West

Too often, some Western governments have looked to the short term, concerned with keeping budgets...

Big ideas for NATO’s new mission in Iraq

Sharing the burden of keeping down the Islamic State makes sense. But U.S. and NATO leaders should...

The NATO Parliamentary Assembly as an antidote to public disengagement from defence

NATO had spent too much time focusing on the military potential of Article 5 and forgotten the...

Trump does the NATO two-step

President Trump’s remarks about Iran on Wednesday weren’t exactly a model of clarity. The president...

Only a China-Russia alliance could revive a ‘brain-dead’ Nato

Nato’s fatal problem is it has no real enemy, with Russia a spent force and terrorism a vaguely...

NATO stuck between Trump and Macron

First it was the U.S., already under the junior President George Bush and well before President...

Nato needs to find its own way free of any manipulation by US

With the 29-member organisation struggling to find purpose, it bent to American pressure at its...

Why the ‘Afghanistan Papers’ matter

On Monday, the Washington Post published what it calls a “secret history” of the U.S. war in...

Despite Turkey’s drift from the West, Nato is still Ankara’s best security guarantor

From purchasing Russian S-400s to Turkey’s role in a scheme to circumvent sanctions on Iran, Turkey...

NATO is full of freeloaders. But it’s how we defend the free world.

With the conclusion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s 70th anniversary summit in London,...

A challenge from China could be just the thing to pull NATO together

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is looking more disorganized than ever, but a major Pacific...

Hirntote Nato? Europa kann auf die Amerikaner nicht verzichten

Frankreichs Präsident bescheinigt der Nato den «Hirntod» und ruft zur strategischen Autonomie...