Waiting for Trump to be re-elected is wrong – Nato leaders need to Trump-proof their policies now: The re-election of Donald Trump as US president would cause another enormous shock to international politics. The world is full of crises, such as Ukraine and Gaza. But Trump casts a destabilising shadow over all these issues. How …
Ukraine recap: Russia won’t attack Nato countries says Putin, believe it or not: Vladimir Putin says he has no intention of attacking any Nato members. Visiting an airbase in Torzhok, on the road between Moscow and St Petersburg, the Russian president told a group of pilots he didn’t plan to spark a war with any …
Ukraine war: with stalemate on the battlefield Nato needs unity and commitment more than ever: As the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, arrived in Washington earlier this month for talks aimed at securing further military aid, Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene posted on X (formerly Twitter): “With Zelensky in town and Ukraine money running dry, why …
Russia’s decision to ditch cold war arms limitation treaty raises tensions with Nato: Russia has pulled out of an important cold war-era treaty which limited categories of conventional military equipment that Nato and the then-Warsaw Pact could deploy. The 1990 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) was intended to use the warming of …
Soviet aggression prompted the birth of the Nato alliance – here’s why that matters now: President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife Olena Zelenska arrive for a dinner during the Nato summit. Gints Ivuskans/Shutterstock As Nato leaders meet in Vilnius, Lithuania, to discuss Ukraine’s future within the alliance, it’s worth considering how the current discussions compare …
Sweden is joining Nato: what that means for the alliance and the war in Ukraine: In a surprise move, Turkey has ended its veto on Sweden joining Nato, thereby removing all the barriers to its membership of the military alliance. Hungary quickly followed suit and, as a result of the two countries’ support, a consensus …
Nato: Vilnius summit will reflect fresh sense of purpose over Ukraine war — but hard questions remain over membership issues: The US president, Joe Biden, struck a bullish note during a recent meeting at the White House with Nato secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, declaring: “The allies have never been more united.” Russia’s invasion of Ukraine …
Finland joins Nato in a major blow to Putin which doubles the length of the alliance’s border with Russia: In 1948, the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance was signed between the Soviet Union and Finland, providing a key basis for relations between the two states that was to last throughout the cold war. …
Ukraine war: US issues Nato weapons playing cards to help Ukraine avoid friendly fire: Nato members and other western countries are stepping up their supply of weapons to Ukraine. The UK recently pledged to send 14 Challenger 2 tanks, while the US has promised 31 Abrams tanks, and is sending older models to get them …
Ukraine war is blurring the lines between Nato and the EU on defence policy: The EU and the Nato have proved crucial in bringing together their member states around a coordinated response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Recognising the continued Russian aggression, the two organisations recently signed a joint declaration committing to play mutually reinforcing, …
Ukraine war: supply of advanced tanks will give Kyiv an edge over Russia and move it closer to Nato: When he appeared before the UK’s House of Commons Defence Committee in November 2021 to defend his government’s cuts to the armed forces, the then prime minister, Boris Johnson, declared that “the old concepts of fighting …
Putin’s plan to stop Ukraine turning to the west has failed — our survey shows support for Nato is at an all-time high: When Vladimir Putin sent his war machine into Ukraine last February, one of the reasons he gave for the invasion was to ensure Ukraine’s neutral status and prevent its government from moving …
Ukraine war: Polish missile scare has given Nato fresh resolve to continue its support for Kyiv: For the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the war has come close to spilling across the border in a Nato country. On the evening of Tuesday November 15, a Russian-made missile landed in a village in …
Ukraine war: Poland missile incident shows how dangerous the conflict could be for Nato: Events of the past 24 hours have shown just how delicate the situation could become on Ukraine’s borders with Nato countries including Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Moldova and Romania. Since the Russian invasion at the end of February, the big fear for …
Ukraine war: this map holds an important clue about Kremlin fears of Nato expansion: As Russian forces withdrew in the face of the recent Ukrainian counteroffensives, the Kremlin repeated its claim that its military only invaded because of the threat of Nato’s possible expansion. This has been a constant refrain of Kremlin military briefings. For …
Ukraine war: Nato and the EU can turn Kosovo border crisis into an opportunity to put more pressure on Russia: An old dispute over a decision by the government of Kosovo in September 2021 to enforce the use of Kosovo-issued licence plates for Serbs in the northern municipalities – rather than allowing them to continue …
G7 and Nato summits lay bare deep and hostile divide between Russia and China and the west: Against a backdrop of unprecedented turmoil – the first major war in Europe in three decades, the highest inflation rates in decades and a rapidly worsening global food crisis – western leaders have met for two major summits. …
Ukraine war: Nato summit to meet in a world reordered by Russian aggression and Chinese ambition: Leaders of Nato’s 30 nations meet in Madrid at the end of June for what the secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, has dubbed an “historic and transformative” summit. The war in Ukraine provides the backdrop, but preparations for the meeting …