List of NATO articles
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germany-crop Amid Growing Threats, Germany Plans to Expand Troop Numbers to Nearly 200,000
But former officials and experts say Trump can’t take the credit for this one.
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ZAGAN, POLAND - JUNE 18: A soldier of the Polish Army sits in a tank as a NATO flag flies behind during the NATO Noble Jump military exercises of the VJTF forces on June 18, 2015 in Zagan, Poland. The VJTF, the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force, is NATO's response to Russia's annexation of Crimea and the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Troops from Germany, Norway, Belgium, Poland, Czech Republic, Lithuania and Belgium were among those taking part today. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) It’s Time for Europe’s Militaries to Grow Up
The continent can't blame Trump for its long-running inability to take care of its own security.
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ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND - JUNE 25: Presumptive Republican nominee for US president Donald Trump visits Trump International Golf Links on June 25, 2016 in Aberdeen, Scotland. The US presidential hopeful was in Scotland for the reopening of the refurbished Open venue golf resort Trump Turnberry which has undergone an eight month refurbishment as part of an investment thought to be worth in the region of two hundred million pounds. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) Trump Needs to Make a Speech About Europe
Members of the EU are on the verge of moving past their grief and toward a constructive relationship with the new administration. Here’s how Trump can help.
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gettyimages-642597752crop Everyone at Munich Pretended Everything Was Normal
At a time of global upheaval, policy makers from the West prefer to act as if nothing has changed.
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US Defence Minister James Mattis addresses the press during a NATO defence ministers' meetings at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on February 15, 2017. / AFP / EMMANUEL DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images) Can Mattis Back Up His NATO Threat?
If you needed reassurance that Mattis not just knows NATO but feels it, you got that in his remarks on Wednesday.
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US Secretary of Defence James Mattis addresses a press conference following the NATO Defence Ministers' meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, on February 16, 2017. The US military is not yet ready to cooperate with Russia, Pentagon chief James Mattis said on February 16 after Moscow's defence minister called for better ties. "We are not in a position right now to collaborate on a military level, but our political leaders will engage and try to find common ground or a way forward," Mattis told reporters at the NATO summit in Brussels. / AFP / THIERRY CHARLIER (Photo credit should read THIERRY CHARLIER/AFP/Getty Images) NATO’s in Crisis! (Again)
Secretary Mattis is not wrong when he says that Europeans should not expect Americans to care more about Europe's security than Europeans themselves do.
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mattis-crop Mattis Issues Ultimatum to NATO
Mattis warns allies to pony up or risk U.S. ‘moderating’ NATO commitment
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ceta-crop Canada and EU Notch Rare Win for Free Trade
But CETA may be the last win they see for a long time.
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY JEROME RIVET A view of the meeting room at the current NATO headquarters in Brussels on November 13, 2013. NATO allies at the Washington Summit in 1999 decided to replace the existing headquarters and build new NATO headquarters directly across the street. NATO has been based in the same building since 1967 and since then the number of NATO members has nearly doubled from 15 to 28 countries. The new headquarters, currently under construction, are scheduled to open in the spring or early summer of 2016. AFP PHOTO / POOL / VIRGINIA MAYO (Photo credit should read VIRGINIA MAYO/AFP/Getty Images) This Is How NATO Ends
With the quiet shuttering of an irrelevant Brussels office building in September 2020.
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KEVIN DIETSCH/Pool/Getty Images It’s Mattis and Pence to the Rescue of the Transatlantic Alliance
The Defense Secretary and the Vice President can either bring a message of unity and leadership to ease allies … or not.
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What You’ve Been Missing Following Trump’s Every Tweet
In this relentless, breathless news cycle, critical issues are getting lost in the chatter.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 27: U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and British Prime Minister Theresa May (L) participate in a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House January 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. Prime Minister May is on a visit to the White House and had a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office with President Trump. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Inside Britain’s Tortured Embrace of Donald Trump
Unmoored from Europe, Downing Street tries to rekindle a special relationship with a very different kind of Washington.
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drone-crop Afghan Insurgents Use Drones in Fight Against U.S.
Something that’s already happening on the battlefields in Iraq and Syria.
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merkel-crop Trump Trade Expert Rips Germany for ‘Manipulating’ Euro
Peter Navarro finds a fresh currency manipulator, and rails against the supply chains that made the global economy.
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SALISBURY, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29: Prime Minister Theresa May passes tanks as she visits 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire, Worcesters and Foresters, and Staffords) at their barracks at Bulford Camp on September 29, 2016 near Salisbury, England. The Prime Minister visited the military base in the Salisbury Plain area to meet with soldiers, see the equipment they work with and to also meet with some their families. (Photo by Matt Cardy - WPA Pool/Getty Images) Is Trump Even Ready to Host America’s Most Important Ally?
Theresa May's visit is a test for which the Trump administration needs to study.
