List of NATO articles
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An illustration shows echoing overlapping images of U.S. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. What Another Trump-Biden Showdown Means for the World
Potential effects on the U.S. commitment to multilateralism, climate change, Taiwan, and more.
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A collection of illustrated flags fly over a textured background that fades from blue to gray. The flags of the G-7 and NATO are the largest and positioned near the top of the image. Beneath them are the smaller flags of individual countries, including China, Russia, India, and others. Alliances Are Back at the Center of Power
States are increasingly focused on security and the age-old diplomatic instruments to achieve it.
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A security guard moves a chair at the NATO summit venue The Case for a Bigger, Bolder NATO
Security issues are dispersed across too many forums and organizations—an obstacle to effective decisions and strategy.
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Erdogan gestures in the foreground in front of a backdrop featuring the NATO logo. It’s Time to Reconsider Turkey’s NATO Membership
In nearly every theater of vital security interests, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seems devoted to undermining the trans-Atlantic alliance.
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Emmanuel Macron welcomes Vladimir Putin The Dream of a European Security Order With Russia Is Dead
How the war ends will determine Europe’s future as much as Ukraine’s.
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Technical managers at the SOMELEC, The Mauritanian Electricity Company, talk with each other at the turbines field at the 30MW Nouakchott Wind Power Station in Nouakchott, Mauritania on March 21. Why Everyone Is Courting Mauritania
NATO, China, Russia, and regional powers all want closer ties to a stable West African nation with crucial energy supplies and a strategically valuable location.
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Former Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico points with both hands as he speaks into a microphone while standing on an event stage. Fico is a white man in his 50s with graying hair, wearing a blue suit. Slovakia Is Headed Back to the (Recent) Past
Robert Fico is anti-Europe, pro-Russia, and could take back his seat as prime minister in this month’s snap elections.
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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (left) shakes hands with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban as he arrives for the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 11. Hungary Is Not Out to Scuttle Sweden and NATO
Orban just wants the Swedes to kiss the ring. Turkey might still be a problem.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban glances up to something off-camera, frowning slightly. Orban is a 60-year-old man with white hair, wearing a dark suit and lime green tie. Other attendees stand behind him, in front of a curtain and a sign bearing the NATO logo. It’s Hungary’s Turn to Undermine Sweden’s NATO Accession
All eyes were on Erdogan, but now Orban has found an excuse to be outraged and delay ratification.
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A collection of illustrated flags fly over a textured background that fades from blue to gray. The flags of the G-7 and NATO are the largest and positioned near the top of the image. Beneath them are the smaller flags of individual countries, including China, Russia, India, and others. The Alliances That Matter Now
Multilateralism is at a dead end, but powerful blocs are getting things done.
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An illustration shows an expanding shield with the NATO alliance logo on it. NATO’s Remarkable Revival
But the bloc’s future could look very different from its past.
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a Quad event in Tokyo on May 24, 2022. Never Say Never to an Asian NATO
A collective security bloc suddenly looks more plausible—never mind the denials.
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Putin and Lukashenko stand side by side in front of a stained glass window featuring religious imagery. Next Door to Ukraine, Moscow’s Grip Is Tightening
In Belarus, Georgia, and Moldova, the Kremlin is waging a quiet war to consolidate its hegemony.
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg , and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, all men wearing dark suits, stand behind a table and look to the side at other participants at the NATO summit. Small Australian and Japanese flags sit on the table. NATO Is on the Back Foot in the Indo-Pacific
By exploiting an information vacuum about its intentions, China is setting the region against the Western alliance.
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A warning sign depicting a polar bear stands at the side of a road outside the Longyearbyen airport on May 2, 2022, in the Svalbard Archipelago, northern Norway. NATO’s Northern Flank Has Too Many Weak Spots
Key alliance members are failing to uphold their obligations in the face of Moscow’s unflagging interest in the High North.
