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Europe has avoided the nuke question for decades. No longer

America has protected Europe with is nuclear umbrella for more than 70 years. In the era of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, the continent is quietly debating a different nuclear future.

July 5, 2024 6:00 am CET

Relearning lessons from the past: NATO and economic deterrence

There’s a growing need for the West to seamlessly integrate military deterrence with economic warfare once more.

July 3, 2024 4:01 am CET
Unpacked

Farage let the cat out of the bag — NATO expansion was just an excuse for Putin

Putin was going to do whatever he wanted regardless of what NATO and the EU did or didn’t do — he would have just come up with another excuse to make war, another great lie.

June 28, 2024 4:00 am CET

Biden in Normandy says he prays Americans don’t become isolationists

In the first of his two addresses in France, Biden makes the case for international alliances.

June 6, 2024 4:10 pm CET

Biden’s team takes from Reagan’s playbook as he heads to Normandy

Forty years after “the boys of Pointe du Hoc,” another president seeks a similar breakthrough.

June 6, 2024 9:07 am CET

Europe needs ‘long-term re-armament’ to counter Russia, Poland’s foreign minister says

Poland supports allowing Ukraine to use Western weapons for attacks on Russian soil, Radosław Sikorski tells the Guardian.

May 25, 2024 4:17 pm CET
Unpacked

Trump ally has tough love for Europe

Tipped for a major national security role if Trump is reelected, Elbridge Colby has made clear the transatlantic relationship will only be healthy if Europe pulls its weight.

May 17, 2024 4:00 am CET
Unpacked

As Rafah hangs in the balance, will Bibi defy Biden?

The history of U.S.-Israeli relations suggests Washington’s leverage may not be as great as some progressive Democrats think.

May 10, 2024 4:18 pm CET

Macron’s cognac — the only thing that went down smoothly with Xi

Xi Jinping handed Emmanuel Macron some wins during his state visit, but offered few meaningful concessions on trade and Ukraine

May 7, 2024 6:29 pm CET

Macron, Xi call for worldwide ‘Olympic truce’ during Paris Games

Xi Jinping called for a global truce, despite Russia showing no signs of halting its offensive against Ukraine.

May 6, 2024 9:46 pm CET

Britain moves to a war footing — but where should the extra money go?

Updating our defense posture isn’t just about increasing conventional combat mass. The full spectrum of warfare — including cyber, space, gray zone, training and the ability to rapidly replenish stockpiles — must all be factored in.

April 29, 2024 4:00 am CET

Britain sends a message to Trump: NATO is worth investing in

U.K. pledge to hike defense spending is designed to keep U.S. on side.

April 24, 2024 4:11 pm CET
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Moscow pressured Nicaragua to file genocide case against Germany, intel sources say 

The Kremlin may have been trying to undermine the ICJ’s authority by making it a venue for specious legal arguments, say authorities.

April 24, 2024 2:30 pm CET

‘Did something happen to Mom when she was young?’

The hidden history of the Cold War adoption complex.

April 20, 2024 4:00 am CET
From Across the Pond

NATO is about security — not dollars and cents

The security of allies is at the heart of America’s security as well.

April 10, 2024 4:00 am CET

Ukraine tells Trump to emulate Reagan as Putin readies major spring offensive

Zelenskyy’s powerful chief of staff tells POLITICO Republicans must step up as Russia is likely to make a big push on Kharkiv in May or June.

April 4, 2024 10:13 pm CET

Kaja Kallas forced to dismiss viral April Fools’ NATO joke

“Not true,” sighed Estonian prime minister.

April 2, 2024 4:19 pm CET

US congressman tempers ‘Nagasaki and Hiroshima’ comments on Gaza

Rep. Tim Walberg said he really wasn’t advocating using nuclear weapons.

March 31, 2024 6:36 pm CET

Putin revels in German coalition rift over Ukraine aid

The ruling coalition is openly fighting over aid to Ukraine, making Berlin an easy target for Russian influence operations.

March 15, 2024 2:01 pm CET

Polish rivals unite in DC to lobby for Ukraine military aid

Andrzej Duda and Donald Tusk are coming to the White House in an “absolutely unique sign of political unity.”

March 12, 2024 6:01 pm CET
Magazine

Infighting is tearing apart DC’s key bulwark against Putin

The Helsinki Commission is hobbled by claims its Republican director has made against his Democratic-appointed predecessor (and vice versa).

March 8, 2024 11:36 am CET

Germany’s Ukraine policy is incoherent for a reason

The German chancellor is driven by a deep-seated fear of Russia and a desire to be seen as a “peace chancellor.”

March 7, 2024 4:01 am CET

Europe turns on its war machine

The European Commission presented a far-reaching defense industrial strategy and a €1.5B subsidy program.

March 4, 2024 8:02 pm CET

Russia threatened French planes in the Black Sea, Paris says

Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu said it’s a bid to “intimidate” France.

February 22, 2024 11:50 am CET
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