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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...

Cyber attacks ten years on: from disruption to disinformation

Today is the tenth anniversary of the world’s first major coordinated “cyber attack” on a nation’s...

‘We’re eating the Mercedes’

Dozens of Turkish NATO officers stationed in Belgium, and scores more across Europe, were among the...

Assessing the Alliance’s counter-terrorism efforts

NATO’s counter-terrorism efforts have been the focus of much attention in recent months. Faced...

Big data exposes big falsehoods

Analysis by Semantic Visions reveals intriguing differences between Russian and Western commentary...

Trump's previous view of NATO is now obsolete

After weeks of being lobbied, cajoled and educated by the leaders of Britain and Germany, not to...

Russia’s Afghan peace initiative seen as undermining NATO mission

Russia’s decision to proceed with a meeting this week aimed at ending the 16-year war in...

The new NATO-Russia military balance: implications for European security

Twenty-five years after the end of the Cold War, the military balance between NATO and Russia,...

Turkey's troubled NATO status

All in all, Turkey appears to have more disputes than friendships with its NATO allies. And its...

The real problems with NATO

NATO needs reform. Washington’s recipe for what needs to be done, however, which largely consists...

Our NATO partners should engage Trump in Brussels

President Donald Trump’s decision to attend a NATO meeting in Brussels in late May provides an...

Seven deadly myths of U.S. defense spending

For decades, the U.S. has stabilized the international order, in part by maintaining a...

It’s time for Europe’s militaries to grow up

The recurring concern with European defense spending is understandable, but it mostly misses the...

Tragedy of the public good: Why the U.S. shouldn't quit NATO

The Europeans aren’t the only people who benefit from the American security umbrella. The fact that...

The truth about Europe paying its ‘fair share’ for NATO

Though the tone from the White House suggests Europe is a deadbeat partner not paying its fair...

Donald Trump's demands on NATO defense spending are driving a wedge into Europe

The European Union may not feel much like a family these days, but its leaders do tend to bicker...

Nato: Rest in peace

September 2020: Nato began gloriously 71 years ago, with the signing of the Washington Treaty by...

NATO doesn't work

Donald Trump deeply upset the Europeans when he raised the possibility that NATO is obsolete and...

Time for a change at NATO

For the most dedicated Atlanticist, even suggesting NATO’s founding document may require some type...

Do Donald Trump’s criticisms of NATO have merit?

Obama may have begun the process of reorienting America’s global role. But the newly inaugurated...

Worried about NATO? Here are 3 things to watch

A week ago, Donald Trump told the Times of London the North American Treaty Organization (NATO) was...

Donald Trump’s cheap talk about NATO and Europe

The Inciter-in-Chief has outdone himself. In an interview with the Times of London and Germany’s...

Ripping NATO, Trump makes Europe nervous, arms trade happy

Since Trump is promising to increase America's already enormous military budget too, the prospect...

Russia gains when Donald Trump trashes NATO

Many people in the United States and abroad have consoled themselves by assuming that Donald...

Norway, an exemplar of NATO burden-sharing

The incoming Trump administration, which includes retired General James “Mad Dog” Mattis as...

NATO is betraying its principles

The preamble to the North Atlantic Treaty (1949) states: "The parties of this treaty [...] are...

4 things to know about ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis, Trump’s pick for Defense Secretary

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, retired four-star Marine Gen....

Pripravme sa na Európu bez NATO

Po minuloročnej konferencii v Chateau Béla na južnom Slovensku som napísal neradostnú správu o...

Does the U.S. pay more than its fair share to its allies?

During the campaign, President-elect Donald Trump claimed that the United States carries a...