Reporting, analysis, vision & strategy bearing on NATO, and its real role, relevance and influence on the international stage during times of peace and war.
On 7-8 July, members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) gathered in Ankara, Turkey, for their annual Summit. The Summit reflected…
‘I think when it comes to nuclear, we are really in a good place.’ With these words, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte…
“I just want to say there was tremendous love in that room,” President Trump declared as he wrapped up the 2026 NATO…
As NATO leaders gather in Ankara on July 7-8, the alliance will again speak the language it has used for decades: unity,…
With the collapse of the ceasefire with Iran, renewed American airstrikes, and widening cracks within the Western alliance dominating the headlines, the…
At the NATO summit in Ankara this week, President Trump told reporters he was “very disappointed” with the alliance over its members’…
These are difficult times for anyone who has consistently criticised NATO. From the era of ādefending the Free Worldā against communism, through…
NATO overreach It is easy to understand why some “peace” people are criticizing Donald Trump’s frequent threat to pull the US out…
With Germany at the forefront, the European Union has rejected the U.S. call for military intervention to reopen the Strait of Hormuz,…
Recently, Prime Minister Mark Carney ā perhaps the ultimate liberal insider ā gave a seminal speech at Davos, declaring the demise of…
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