Tag: NATO

Japan to join NATO-led initiative to buy US weapons for Ukraine, media reports

(Francis Farrell - The Kyiv Independent) Japan is set to join the NATO-led program to fund the purchase of weapons from the U.S. to...

Poland’s mass-army turn is reshaping NATO’s eastern flank

(Darius von Guttner - The Strategist) Planning a massive expansion of its armed forces by 2039, Poland is deliberately building a national capacity for...

La crisi della NATO è il guadagno della Russia

(nostra traduzione da Lawfare / John Drennan, Ariane Tabatabai) Sebbene la crisi autoinflitta all'interno della NATO sulla Groenlandia abbia superato la fase più acuta senza...

Don’t mention ‘Article 5,’ Finland warns US on Ukraine

(Nahal Toosi and Paul McLeary - Politico) Finland has urged U.S. officials not to describe future security pledges to a postwar Ukraine as “Article...

Europe begins its slow retreat from US dependence

(Nicholas Vinocur and Zoya Sheftalovich - Politico) European governments and corporations are racing to reduce their exposure to U.S. technology, military hardware and energy...

Rutte is wrong about European defense

(Domènec Ruiz Devesa and Emiliano Alessandri - Politico) When NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte told the European Parliament the continent can’t defend itself without the...

France snaps back at NATO chief Rutte in feud over Europe’s defense muscle

(Laura Kayali - Politico) The French government responded curtly to Mark Rutte after the NATO secretary-general said Europe could not defend itself without the...

By taking a win on Greenland, Trump set US and allied security in the Arctic on a better path (Daniel Fried – Atlantic Council)

The best line of Donald Trump’s speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos was his pledge that the United States would not use...

The future of Greenland and NATO after Trump’s Davos deal (Atlantic Council)

Today started with ice and ended with a thaw. Shortly after a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland—in which he made...

Trump says ‘framework of a future deal’ discussed on Greenland as he backs off tariffs threat (Bernd Debusmann Jr – BBC)

President Donald Trump says the US is exploring a potential deal on Greenland after talks with Nato as he backed off threats to tariff...

Greenland proposal Trump endorsed respects Denmark’s sovereignty: sources (Barak Ravid – Axios)

The Greenland framework President Trump and NATO Secretary General Marc Rutte discussed on Wednesday includes the principle of respecting Denmark's sovereignty over the island,...

How Congress Can Preserve NATO and Greenland: Using 22 USC 1928f to Protect the Peace (Alberto J. Mora – Just Security)

The Trump administration’s use of thuggery in the pursuit of its domestic and international objectives has arguably reached its foreign apex, to date, in...

Trump’s Greenland push tests NATO’s commitment to mutual defense (Josephine Walker – Axios)

NATO allies are increasing their military presence in Greenland against the backdrop of a growing threat: President Trump's takeover push. Why it matters: Europeans...

European military personnel arrive in Greenland as Trump says US needs island (Paul Kirby – BBC)

A small French military contingent has arrived in Greenland's capital Nuuk, officials say, as several European states deploy small numbers in a so-called reconnaissance...

Ukraine’s Potential Role in NATO’s Arctic Defense (David Kirichenko – The Arctic Institute)

Cheap unmanned systems have become a defining feature of the Russo-Ukrainian war. Kyiv has not only built a defensive “drone wall” to hold back...

Realising Societal Resilience for a Whole of Society Approach to Defence (Katharine A.M. Wright – RUSI)

While Article 3 of the North Atlantic Treaty makes clear each member state's responsibility, the UK is lagging. Years of austerity, Brexit, the pandemic...