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Donald Trump deeply upset the Europeans when he raised the possibility that NATO is obsolete and...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

NATO's big problem isn't Trump, it's Brexit

It's not that Brexit in any way weakens the commitment of British politicians to NATO. Far from it....

Trump, Putin and a nervous NATO

During the 2016 election campaign, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton accused Trump...

The new German White Paper 2016 – promoting greater understanding of security policy?

The Federal Government aims to inform the public and its allies in NATO and the EU precisely what...

Watch out Vladimir: There's a new Putin in town

The Russian president has gotten a lot of mileage out of his “craziest man on the world stage”...

Now is not the time for the US to abandon Nato – nor should its European allies go it alone

We need strong American leadership and Europeans to shoulder their share of the burden – but above...

Souhrn komentářů: zahraniční a bezpečnostní politika Donalda Trumpa

Přinášíme výběr komentářů zveřejněných v zahraničních médiích věnovaných možnému vývoji v...

NATO and Russia playing dangerous game with military build-up

Despite the cold war atmospherics, there’s little prospect of Russian tanks rolling across the...

The made-in-America global security and economic system still serves U.S. interests

When the new president takes office next January, a world of troubles awaits. Violent extremism,...

In the event of a conflict, Nato would face Russian forces re-equipped and re-trained by the Syrian conflict

Russia’s exercises involving huge numbers of its troops have been accompanied by intensive practice...

NATO needs to spell out its intentions more clearly

NATO is moving forward with its plans to set up multinational battalions in Poland and each of the...

Budgetary fight in Moscow sends US-Russian relations into deep crisis

The price of oil remains depressed at under $50 per barrel. The contracted Russian economy is still...

Did a top secret threat assessment prompt Sweden to deploy troops to the Baltic island of Gotland?

In a move that surprised casual observers, the Swedish Armed Forces announced on 14 September a...