Source link The Euro-Atlantic region has not experienced a crisis like today’s since the end of the Cold War; that has created an opportunity for real change By Ivan Timofeev, programme director of the Valdai Club On February 29, 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his annual address to the Federal Assembly, emphasized the need for […]
Source link All civilians in Lithuania may join military reserve units, the country’s Defense Ministry has announced Lithuania is establishing permanent military training centers that will operate nationwide to prepare personnel to serve in the rear during war, Defense Minister Laurynas Kasciunas told reporters on Friday. A total of 27 command headquarters that are due […]
Source link The West must accommodate Kiev’s membership aspirations to prove it’s not “afraid of itself,” the Ukrainian president has said Western nations must accelerate Ukraine’s accession to the EU and NATO or Russian President Vladimir Putin will consider them weak, Vladimir Zelensky has claimed. Kiev is hoping to join both the European Union and […]
Source link The Finnish government eyes spending cuts and tax hikes to fill a hole in the 2025 budget The Finnish government has no choice but to cut pensions in order to improve public finances, Finance Minister Riikka Purra has said in an interview with Helsingin Sanomat, a local newspaper. The issue of pensions is […]
Source link The US leader believes that the bloc’s break up would be a “disaster” for the world Washington has run out of runway to provide more military aid to Kiev without Congress approval, US President Joe Biden has admitted, accusing his Republican rival Donald Trump of not only being the “primary threat” to American […]
Source link Ankara reportedly plans to rely on Russian-made S-400 air defense systems in its planned campaign against Kurdish militants in Iraq Ankara is expected to deploy the S-400 air defense systems it acquired from Russia to the Turkish border with Iraq later this month, the Türkiye daily reported on Wednesday. The move is said […]
Source link Intelligence agencies and law enforcement are looking at certain Western government officials as part of an investigation into the funding of terrorist attacks such as the massacre at Crocus City Hall and the bombing of the Nord Stream pipelines, the Russian Investigative Committee announced on Tuesday. The probe was launched after a referral […]
Source link Washington continues to ignore Russia’s fundamental interests, Ambassador Anatoly Antonov has said Ukrainian accession to NATO would pose a threat to Russia’s national security and is fundamentally unacceptable, Moscow’s ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, has said. The Russian envoy was responding to comments by US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller, who claimed […]
Source link Twelve countries are yet to meet the pledge to spend 2% of their GDP on defense, the American ambassador to the US-led bloc Julianne Smith said on Monday. NATO set the two-percent goal in 2014, after the US-backed coup in Kiev touched off the Donbass conflict. All members were supposed to make the […]
Source link The unnamed woman who had lived in Sweden for years has been declared a security threat Sweden has invoked national security grounds to deport a Chinese national who had lived in the country for 20 years, her lawyer told reporters on Monday. The 57-year-old woman worked as a journalist and allegedly had contacts […]
Source link Russia, Iran, China, and North Korea are becoming increasingly aligned, Jens Stoltenberg has said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has warned that an “authoritarian” alliance of several defiant countries is getting stronger. He said that Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea are becoming “more and more aligned,” representing a growing threat for the […]
Source link Strategist Edward Luttwak has argued that members of the US-led bloc will have to deploy troops to prevent a Russian victory NATO nations can only forestall an inevitable loss to Russian forces in Ukraine by deploying their troops to the former Soviet republic, a former adviser to the US military has claimed. “The […]
Source link Fears of American withdrawal, over reliance on the Russian bogeyman, and Washington’s tilt to Asia make for shaky foundations The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is celebrating its 75th anniversary – the founding documents were signed in Washington this week in 1949. NATO is so firmly embedded in the international landscape that even its decisive […]
Source link President Andrzej Duda has urged bloc members to invest at least 3% of their GDP in collective defense to counter Russia Polish President Andrzej Duda has sent a formal letter to the leaders of fellow NATO states, urging them to boost the minimum spending requirement for collective defense, the Rzeczpospolita news outlet reported […]
Source link Ukraine joining the bloc is like the start of a movie about end of the world, the billionaire has said A pledge by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Ukraine will become a member of NATO looks like a scene from a movie about a nuclear apocalypse, entrepreneur Elon Musk believes. The […]