Tag: NATO

Washington’s latest force posture moves have Europeans feeling whiplash

(Daniel Fried and Torrey Taussig - Atlantic Council) The Trump administration has made a dizzying array of force posture decisions this month, raising doubts...

Statement by Foreign Minister Wadephul prior to his departure for Helsingborg and Prague

Foreign Minister Wadephul issued the following statement today (21 May 2026) prior to his departure for the meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Helsingborg and...

More US troop withdrawals from Europe expected, NATO commander says

(Rudy Ruitenberg - Defense News) Europe should “absolutely” expect additional United States troop withdrawals in the future as European NATO allies strengthen their capability...

Near Russian border, NATO grapples with ground robots in combat

(Rudy Ruitenberg - Defense News) Exercising in Latvia’s dense pine and birch forests this week, local troops found themselves in an unfair fight against...

Merz says Europe wants a strong NATO and shares US goal of ending Iran war

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Saturday Europe wanted to work to keep the NATO alliance functioning, despite differences with the United...

Berlin faces missile gap after Trump’s troop cuts

(Chris Lunday and Victor Jack - Politico) Germany thought the United States would soon deploy long-range missiles on its soil that could strike deep...

Iran, Libano, Re Carlo: dopo il fallito attentato incontri pesanti aspettano Trump

(Carlo Rebecchi)  “Questo incidente non mi distoglierà dal vincere la guerra in Iran". E' quanto ha dichiarato il presidente Usa Donald Trump in una conferenza...

Trump minaccia Spagna e Regno Unito, un avvertimento a tutti gli alleati

(Maria Eva Pedrerol)  Il presidente Usa Trump prepara le sue rappresaglie. Come riferisce l'agenzia Reuters, il Pentagono ha diffuso una email interna con alcune opzioni...

NATO chief says alliance ‘will always defend’ Turkey

(AFP/Al Arabiya) NATO chief Mark Rutte said on Wednesday the alliance would do “what’s necessary to defend” its members including Turkey after intercepting four...

Ukrainian Military Offers Lessons Learned to NATO

(Taras Kuzio - The Jamestown Foundation) Ukraine’s most important battlefield lessons have much to teach the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Ukraine’s experience has...

Five ideas to make the upcoming NATO Summit in Ankara a success

(Atlantic Council) Fewer than a hundred days remain until the 2026 NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey, and allies’ attention is turning to perhaps the...

Advancing Responsible AI Across NATO: Innovation and Interoperability

(Ryan Jay Atkinson - Centre for International Governance Innovation) NATO’s first AI strategy from 2021 outlines six guiding principles: Lawfulness, Responsibility & Accountability, Explainability...

Stop managing NATO. Start rebalancing it

(Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer - Defense One) The Atlantic alliance can no longer be managed through reassurance, communiqués, or the fiction that its internal...

Can NATO’s ‘Asia-Pacificization’ sustain its survival?

(Liu Xuandi - Global Times) An unprecedented delegation of roughly 30 NATO ambassadors recently visited South Korea and Japan. According to Japanese media reports,...

Volenterosi, il futuro con Trump e il piano B

(Marzia Giglioli) I Volenterosi tornano a riunirsi, mentre si fa più concreta la fine del conflitto in Medio Oriente sui due fronti, quello dell'Iran e...

Il ciclone Trump spazza il presente, L’Europa disegna il suo futuro

(Carlo Rebecchi) Se le crisi politiche, come i cicloni e le grandi tempeste, avessero un nome, potremmo scrivere oggi che in meno di 24 ore,...