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Top NATO general praises Ukraine’s ‘great’ war strategy
Kyiv is doing a good job of balancing recruitment, training and procurement, Gen. Christopher Cavoli said.
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Germany slashes Ukraine funding in savings push
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The 7 gaping holes in Keir Starmer’s plan for government
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Europe eyes Sweden’s conscription model to solve troop shortage
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Israel, Turkey trade blows in row over NATO involvement in Gaza
Poland mulls shooting down Russian missiles over Ukraine
Warsaw is considering intervening after strikes have devastated the power grid and destroyed Kyiv’s largest children’s hospital.
‘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.
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.
Starmer at NATO summit: Departing general issues sobering advice
Fresh from his landslide victory, Britain’s new Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has flown to Washington to join other leaders of NATO countries as they meet for the …
Divided, reshuffled and politically bruised: Europe’s leaders head to the NATO summit
Political turmoil on the Continent is reshuffling power players going to the NATO gathering.
Ukraine builds a NATO-lite while it waits for the real thing
Non-binding pacts are “second-best” to belonging to the alliance, but they’re the best Kyiv can get for now.
Turkey carves its own course in NATO
Ankara is friends with Russia, supplies weapons to Ukraine, and is wary of the EU playing a greater role in defense.
China and Belarus hold joint drills near Polish border ahead of NATO summit
Two key Russia allies claim to be responding to the “aggressive foreign policy” of Western countries.
NATO is losing patience with one of its own members — and it’s not who you think
This week’s summit in Washington will get uncomfortable for Canada as allies press for more cash commitments.
NATO’s Stoltenberg rules out Ukraine land-for-peace deal
While Trump advisers mull pushing Ukraine to give up land for peace, the alliance chief pointed at Russia’s refusal to abide by previous cease-fire pledges.
Ukraine envoy to NATO: Firm up membership offer
“We are not asking for something extraordinary,” Ambassador Nataliia Galibarenko tells POLITICO.
Viktor Orbán arrives in Ukraine to meet Zelenskyy
It’s the first visit by the Hungarian PM to the war-struck country since Russia invaded in February 2022.
Never say never: Sanna Marin’s warning to Europe on tech, populism and her career ambitions
The recent shift to the right in the European Parliament election doesn’t bode well for the continent’s dwindling band of social democratic leaders, one of the most …
Hungary and Slovakia back Dutch PM Rutte as NATO’s next chief
Romania is the final holdout in backing Rutte as the new secretary-general.
France flexes navy muscles to show Putin (and US) its war power
Since the outbreak of war in Ukraine, Paris has been signaling a willingness to be more involved in NATO.
Scholz, Macron und die Debatte um Verteidigung auf russischem Boden
Der Kanzler hingegen versucht weiter im Vagen zu bleiben. Wir analysieren die Worte des Kanzlers und die neuerlichen Diskussionen in Deutschland, der EU und der NATO. Im …
Faced with Vance, it’s time for Europe to grow up