Liselotte Odgaard of Foreign Policy tells her readers that even with Finland and Sweden, the alliance lacks a capable defense presence in the north. She writes: Even as its members take part in Steadfast Defender 2024, NATO’s largest military exercise since the Cold War, it is clear that the alliance remains ill-prepared against Russia’s military […]
Would Russia Risk a War Against NATO?
In Foreign Policy, Jack Detsch and Robbie Gramer discuss the potential for Russia to start another war in Europe against a NATO country. They write: Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s SitRep! This is the last of our special on-the-road editions at the Munich Security Conference (MSC). Thanks for coming along for the ride. We’ll be […]
Trump Once Again Exposes NATO’s Weakness
With a statement in a recent speech about NATO partners not paying their fair share on defense, Donald Trump has reignited the debate over whether or not Americans should be treaty-bound to protect nations who don’t even meet the minimum requirement of spending 2% of GDP on their own defense. In The Spectator, Daniel DePetris […]
Europe’s Insufficient Military Spending
Daniel Michaels of The Wall Street Journal is reporting that NATO members who boosted defense budgets are urging laggards to do more as criticism from Donald Trump, the front-runner in America’s GOP primary, is causing some unrest with insufficient military spending in Europe. Michaels writes: The prospect of Donald Trump returning as president is prompting some of America’s […]
Turkey Gets Its Pound of Flesh for Sweden’s NATO Approval
After much wrangling, Turkey has secured everything it could from its agreement to Sweden’s accession to NATO membership. In Foreign Policy, Reuben Silverman discusses Turkey’s long history of transactional behavior toward NATO. He writes: This week, Turkey’s parliament finally approved Sweden’s bid for NATO membership, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan swiftly ratified the measure. […]
NATO’s New Stealth Hawk?
Sweden has a reputation as a neutral country, which hasn’t gone to war since 1814 and which preaches peace, but according to Trita Parsi in Foreign Policy, Sweden is now one of the alliance’s most confrontational members when it comes to China. Parsi writes: NATO members breathed a sigh of relief as Turkish President Recep […]
NATO’s New Strategic Power in the Baltic Sea
With Finland joining and Sweden seemingly close behind, NATO has a new level of power in the Baltic Sea. Sophia Besch discusses what that power means for the alliance moving forward. She writes in Foreign Policy: Sweden’s suddenly cleared path to NATO membership casts the Baltic Sea region in a new strategic light. For the […]
Are Tighter Anglo-German Relations the Solution to European Security?
In Foreign Policy, John Healey and Nils Schmid make the case that closer coordination between German and British defense structures can strengthen European security. They write: The United Kingdom and Germany must enhance defense cooperation to strengthen European security after the illegal invasion of Ukraine. That is the conclusion of a landmark report from Germany’s […]
Can Russia Still Threaten NATO After Ukraine?
Despite its losses in Ukraine, Russia’s military still has teeth. Robbie Gramer and Jack Detsch report in Foreign Policy: TAPA, Estonia—The AMX-10 RC tank destroyer has been deployed to far-flung battlefields in Afghanistan and counterterrorism operations in Mali. Now, they’re being deployed as part of a French combined arms squadron to Estonia, near the Russian […]
NATO’s Legacy of Failure
At the Ron Paul Institute, former congressman and presidential candidate, Dr. Ron Paul outlines NATO’s legacy of failure since the end of the Cold War, and warns against NATO’s next folly, a war with China. He writes: The test run for NATO as human rights superheroes was Yugoslavia in 1999. To everybody but NATO and […]
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