NATO turned seventy last year having been a stalwart of Western stability and peace since 1949. Its membership has grown from twelve to twenty-eight even affording former USSR countries the privilege of joining, much to their and our benefit. Donald ...
Introduction The Trump administration has moved to substantially cut its contribution to NATO’s collective budget according to several US and NATO officials, a symbolic move that comes as many continue to question President Donald Trump’s commitment to the transatlantic alliance ...
The European fracture between France and Germany German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas warned on Sunday against undermining NATO, in Berlin’s strongest response to date to French President Emmanuel Macron’s critical remarks about the security alliance. Macron told The Economist this ...
Tensions between the United States and two key allies in NATO , Germany and Turkey, threw a chill on Wednesday’s celebrations of the Alliance’s 70th anniversary, despite calls for “unity” in the face of the Russian “threat”. However, everything had ...
Moscow is “deploying nuclear-capable missiles in Europe with very short warning times,” the head of the alliance also warned. NATO commanders are considering options in the “military domain” to counter Russia’s alleged violation of a nuclear weapons treaty, the head ...
In the late 1980s and early 90s big shifts took place in the sphere of international relations. The Soviet authorities showed the willingness to reduce the military potential on the basis of the “reasonable sufficiency” and refused “the Brezhnev doctrine” ...
Diplomacy exists and is used for dialogue and negotiation whereas military exists to wage wars and use hard power. Sun Tzu, in his book The Art of War states that ‘’the supreme art of war’’ is hidden in the ability ...
Since the very beginning of the European construction, the questions of defense and security have been generally put aside. In 1954 French people decided to follow this path by voting no for the European defense community. More than half a ...
(Part II) Afghanistan a war-torn country yearns for peace. Life in Afghanistan has been paralyzed. Its economy is in tatters. Almost ninety percent of its GDP comes from foreign funding. Unemployment ratio is skyrocketing. Fifty percent of its population is ...
Opening of an Israeli Office at NATO expected to contribute to legitimacy in the International Community Even with a strong, mutual alliance shared with the United States, reluctant support from strong European countries such as Italy and strong ties in ...