Tag: NATO

Why Did Vladimir Putin Invade Ukraine?
By March 14, 2022 Read More →

Why Did Vladimir Putin Invade Ukraine?

Why did Putin invade Ukraine? Western analysts, commentators and officials have put forth eight differing but complementary theories try to explain Putin’s actions, motives and objectives.

Posted in: Geopolitics
Germany, in Historic Reversal, Abandons Pro-Putin Russia Policy
By March 1, 2022 Read More →

Germany, in Historic Reversal, Abandons Pro-Putin Russia Policy

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced a paradigm shift in German defense and energy policies in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He said that Germany will substantially increase defense spending and take immediate measures to reduce its energy dependence on Russia.

Posted in: Geopolitics
The Russia-China Axis of Authoritarianism: Part I
By January 21, 2022 Read More →

The Russia-China Axis of Authoritarianism: Part I

A failure to deter Russia and China — revisionist authoritarian powers seeking to establish a post-Western global order that extols autocracy over democracy — would deal a potentially crushing blow to the post-World War II liberal international order.

Posted in: Geopolitics
Russia to NATO: Commit Suicide or Face War
By January 6, 2022 Read More →

Russia to NATO: Commit Suicide or Face War

Russia has threatened war if the United States and its NATO allies fail to comply — unconditionally — with sweeping demands for a new security arrangement in Europe.

Posted in: Geopolitics
What Russia Wants in Ukraine
By December 6, 2021 Read More →

What Russia Wants in Ukraine

A massive build-up of Russian troops along the Ukrainian border is fueling speculation of an imminent invasion. Western leaders have warned Russian President Vladimir Putin against military action, but they appear divided and weak and may be unable to stop him.

Posted in: Geopolitics
Germany’s Coalition Agreement
By November 30, 2021 Read More →

Germany’s Coalition Agreement

The three parties planning to form a new federal government in Germany have presented a coalition agreement that is to serve as a pre-agreed policy roadmap for the next four years.

Posted in: Europe, Germany
Germany: U.S. Ambassador Richard Grenell’s Legacy of Success
By May 28, 2020 Read More →

Germany: U.S. Ambassador Richard Grenell’s Legacy of Success

On a wide range of geopolitical issues — from relations with China, Iran and Russia to anti-Semitism, climate change, defense spending (NATO), energy dependence (Nord Stream), globalism, Hezbollah, Huawei and mass migration — U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell embarrassed German leaders by showing that their words and actions do not match.

European Leaders Discuss Plan for EU Army
By September 14, 2016 Read More →

European Leaders Discuss Plan for EU Army

European leaders are discussing “far-reaching proposals” to build a pan-European military.

Posted in: Europe, European Union
Why Are Pacifist Europeans Declaring War on Libya?
By March 23, 2011 Read More →

Why Are Pacifist Europeans Declaring War on Libya?

An unintended but highly illuminating irony of the military intervention in Libya is that it has exposed the duplicity behind European pacifism.

Posted in: Geopolitics, Spain
NATO Decides its Future
By November 19, 2010 Read More →

NATO Decides its Future

The leaders of the 28 member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) meet in Lisbon, Portugal on November 19-20 to chart the future course of the transatlantic military alliance. The gathering in Lisbon is being billed as one of the most important summits in the history of the alliance.

European Union: Global Security Actor or Paper Tiger?
By March 15, 2010 Read More →

European Union: Global Security Actor or Paper Tiger?

The future direction of European defense is at a crossroads. On the one hand, the NATO experience in Afghanistan has cast into stark relief the limits of European military capacities, not only at the operational but also at the political levels. On the other hand, the recently enacted Lisbon Treaty offers important new opportunities to […]

As Goes the West, So Goes NATO
By July 1, 2009 Read More →

As Goes the West, So Goes NATO

NATO has always been more than just a traditional military alliance because it has always been about more than just traditional military security.