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US missiles are welcome in Germany, foreign minister says
Baerbock’s comments came in response to criticism from within the German government coalition.
Top NATO general praises Ukraine’s ‘great’ war strategy
Von der Leyen vows to stop China from invading Taiwan
NATO’s false promises are encouraging misplaced Ukrainian hopes
Germany slashes Ukraine funding in savings push
US allies grapple with J.D. Vance
Trump adviser Fiona Hill to lead UK defense review
Former NATO boss George Robertson will head the project to consider how and when to boost military spending.
Europe eyes Sweden’s conscription model to solve troop shortage
Germany, the Netherlands and others are looking at Sweden’s system which screens over 100,000 teenagers a year.
Von der Leyen will skip Britain’s biggest European summit in years
New U.K. leader Keir Starmer is hosting the European Political Community this week. EU officials wish he weren’t.
Zelenskyy sees ‘positive signals’ on being able to hit Russian targets
Kyiv is getting enough to hold but not to win against Russia, the Ukrainian president said.
New Dutch government’s top NATO priority: Act normal
Support for Ukraine and maintaining a presence in Taiwan Strait will continue, new Dutch defense minister tells POLITICO.
Zelenskyy addresses Biden’s ‘President Putin’ gaffe on Europe tour
The Ukrainian president praised Washington for providing support to help defend his country against Russian aggression.
Israel, Turkey trade blows in row over NATO involvement in Gaza
President Erdoğan has vowed to prevent military support for Israel until a cease-fire agreement is reached.
‘It’s over’: US Democrats remain in panic over Biden’s reelection
They sum it up simply: It’s bad.
‘OMFG’: Biden’s mistakes push shocked US allies toward Trump
Western diplomats are privately horrified by the President’s public gaffes and are working to build links with the Trump team ahead of November’s election.
The Tories are gone — and Britain is moving closer to Europe again
Keir Starmer’s first foreign policy move is to refocus UK-EU relations.
Viktor Orbán’s rogue “peace missions” to Kyiv, Moscow, Beijing and Washington
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Biden at his press conference: See, I’m up to the job
The president tried to calm his party as calls to step aside intensified.
Scholz joins shaky chorus of world leaders sticking with Biden
Heads of state have been peppered with questions at this week’s NATO summit in Washington about Biden’s age and mental acuity.
Habsburg empire strikes back
Viktor Orbán’s new hard-right group, Patriots for Europe, is a Habsburg coalition that gives the Hungarian leader the European platform he craves.
Stoltenberg bashes China for creeping closer to NATO
The Chinese-Belarusian anti-terrorism exercises, conducted not far from the border with NATO ally Poland, coincide with the NATO summit.
Biden introduced Zelenskyy. It didn’t go well: ‘Ladies and gentlemen, President Putin’
With the world watching his every word, Biden needed to avoid any gaffes at the NATO summit. He wasn’t able to.
Weakened Macron keeps low profile at NATO summit
The political crisis in Paris is creating a void other European capitals are keen to fill.
Ukraine wins big, NATO wins smaller — and everyone was sweaty
Over the course of three days, the 32-member military alliance rallied around Ukraine’s war efforts to combat the Russian invasion.
NATO allies try to get inside Trump’s head while in Washington
Trump confidants are telling NATO allies there’s nothing to worry about, but that messaging isn’t comforting concerns.
NATO’s bad boys: Turkey and Hungary play their own game
Turkey and Hungary are preparing for a Trump presidency and charting their own course in the alliance.
Kyiv’s NATO membership would ‘guarantee WW3,’ Slovak PM says
Moscow-friendly PM Fico issues dire warning after Western alliance says Ukraine’s membership trajectory is “irreversible.”
Joe Biden is not senile, says UK’s Starmer
New British PM was asked about U.S. president’s sharpness during this week’s NATO summit.
Faced with Vance, it’s time for Europe to grow up