Tag: NATO

NATO Sends Additional Ships, Fighter Jets to Eastern Europe Amid Ukraine Tensions (Sputnik)

The Pentagon earlier reportedly proposed that US President Joe Biden deploy up to 5,000 additional troops to Eastern Europe. The proposed deployment did not...

No consensus? No problem. Why NATO is still effective (Christopher Skaluba and Conor Rodihan, Atlantic Council)

As the crisis over Ukraine intensifies, key stakeholders are looking to Brussels for signs of Western resolve. At the NATO-Russia Council meeting on January...

Can NATO and Russia bridge their differences? (Al Jazeera)

A high-stakes meeting between Russia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) over Ukraine has ended without a breakthrough. Politicians and military men from both...

Russia says NATO talks ‘unsuccessful’ as Poland warns of war (Al Jazeera)

Russia has described its security talks with the United States and NATO this week as “unsuccessful”, saying there is continued disagreement on fundamental issues. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry...

Calls for anti-Russian sanctions, Ukraine’s accession to NATO harm US interests – expert (TASS)

The initiatives implying the introduction of more US anti-Russian restrictions, as well as weapons supplies to Ukraine and that country’s accession to NATO run...

Following Biden-Putin talks, Russia calls on US to heed demands (Al Jazeera)

Russia will move to “eliminate unacceptable threats” if the United States and NATO do not respond to the Kremlin’s security demands, Foreign Minister Sergey...

Can the Biden-Putin Call Really Avert War Over Ukraine? (Mark Episkopos, The National lnterest)

As military tensions simmer between Russia and Ukraine, the West is bracing for three rounds of high-stakes negotiations with the Kremlin in early January. Can...

‘Serious’ talk between Biden and Putin sets stage for diplomacy (Jarrett Renshaw and Vladimir Soldatkin, Reuters)

U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday exchanged warnings over Ukraine but conveyed some optimism that diplomatic talks in January...

‘Serious, Substantive’: Biden, Putin Agree To Intensify Diplomacy Amid Ukraine Tensions (RFE RL)

U.S. President Joe Biden has urged his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to de-escalate simmering tensions in a phone call aimed at intensifying diplomacy amid...

Putin warns Biden against major sanctions over Ukraine: Kremlin (Al Jazeera)

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told his United States counterpart Joe Biden that any sanctions over Ukraine would be a big mistake, an aide...

How to deal with the Kremlin-created crisis in Europe (Stephen Blank, Philip Breedlove, Ian Brzezinski, Debra Cagan, Wesley K. Clark, Larry Diamond, Paula Dobriansky,...

Since President Biden’s virtual summit with President Putin on December 7, Russia has increased its troop presence on or near Ukraine’s borders. Having created...

To Avoid Conflagration in Europe, U.S. Must Boost Ukraine (Wes Martin, The National Interest)

The future of NATO and U.S. security policy in Eastern Europe; and the independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Ukraine and of other U.S....

Kremlin Considering Stoltenberg’s Proposed Meeting Of NATO-Russia Council (RFE RL)

The Russian Foreign Ministry has acknowledged that NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has proposed holding a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council next month, but the...

Can Russia and NATO Come to an Agreement? (Vladimir Frolov, Carnegie Moscow Center)

For the last month, Russia has been waging a strategic assault to stop NATO’s expansion to the east once and for all. Moscow is...

Russia’s draft agreements with NATO and the United States: Intended for rejection? (Steven Pifer, Brookings)

Russia maintains the world’s largest nuclear arsenal and the most powerful conventional military forces in Europe. Russian military units currently are deployed — uninvited...

European security: Putin ups the ante with NATO (Ian Hill, The Interpreter)

Not content with sabre-rattling amid a menacing large troop build-up around Ukraine’s borders, Russia last week issued sweeping demands for legally binding new security guarantees from the...