Tag: Russia

THE HAGUE—In the end, this year’s NATO summit will be remembered not for what its 32 members agreed on but for what they chose to avoid discussing. The headlines will ...

Not all that long ago, conventional wisdom held that it would be suicide for Russia to attack NATO. Today, the Kremlin knows perfectly well that Europe lacks sufficient air defense, tanks, ...

Europe built its post-Cold War prosperity on cheap energy from Russia, cheap goods from China, and cheap security from the United States. As we know by now, that model no ...

Given the uncertainty about future U.S. commitment to the trans-Atlantic alliance and Russia’s military buildup along NATO’s northeastern frontier, the Nordic countries, Baltic states, and Poland are preparing for the ...

The communique from the 2024 NATO summit in Washington condemned Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and clearly stated that “Russia remains the most significant and direct threat to Allies’ security.” ...

Every leader attending next week’s NATO summit should be perfectly clear on one thing: Russia is preparing for war with the alliance. Several NATO intelligence services have noted that Russia is not ...

Two months ago, I suggested that NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte fake a heart attack and postpone next week’s summit in The Hague. I genuinely feared that the Trump team’s animus ...

Russia ominously suggested that the US opened a “Pandora’s box” by bombing three nuclear facilities in Iran — warning that “the entire world might end up on the verge of ...

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry cheered the US strikes against Iran, and backed President Trump’s assertion that Tehran cannot be permitted to obtain nuclear weapons. Meanwhile, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev blasted ...

When Ukrainian and Russian officials met for a second round of cease-fire discussions in Istanbul on June 2, it was obvious that there would be no serious negotiation. Ukraine, eager ...