List of NATO articles
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A photo collage illustration shows Chinese leader Xi Jinping walking down red-carpeted stairs. At left are two sparring hawks. Behind him is the US Capitol and Donald Trump with his hand to his face. At lower right are two Chinese protesters. Our Top Long Reads From 2024
Foreign Policy’s best deep dives of the year.
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French soldiers participate in a NATO military exercise at the Hohenfels training area in southern Germany, on Sept. 14, 2023. Will European Troops Enforce a Cease-Fire in Ukraine?
France is drumming up support for a peacekeeping force. It may be Europe’s only option to prevent an even bloodier war.
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People fish on the ice-covered Gulf of Finland in front of a warship in St. Petersburg on Dec. 26, 2023. The Baltic Sea’s Bad Actors
Russian and Chinese gray-zone aggression prove that dreams of a peaceful “NATO lake” were premature.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump walk together at the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28, 2019. The Pitfalls for Europe of a Trump-Putin Deal on Ukraine
Russian interest in peace is no given, and Europe may not be on board.
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Children sit on metro station steps. One is holding a phone while the other looks over. It’s Time for Ukraine to Make the Best Peace It Can
U.S. policymakers can help shape a deal that preserves national security.
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A ship lays a telecommunications cable in the Baltic Sea. Baltic Cable Outages Raise Questions—and Tensions with Moscow
Russia’s been up to so much in the Baltic that anything that goes boom is laid at Moscow’s door.
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (right) welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as he arrives for a press conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on Oct. 17. A Western Victory Plan for Ukraine
Lofty rhetoric can’t hide the lack of serious thinking about what a credible victory would entail.
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures toward Vladimir Putin as Putin looks at him and gestures to the right. Behind them is a BRICS backdrop with logos. Turkey’s BRICS Balancing Act
By applying to join the group, Ankara is signaling to the West that it should not be taken for granted.
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The NATO star is seen through a window at the organization's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on April 4, 2024. NATO Needs to Innovate More and Faster
After working to achieve interoperability between national militaries, the alliance now needs to do the same with the private sector.
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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg addresses media in Berlin on Dec. 1, 2022. NATO’s Jens Stoltenberg on the Future of Russia’s War in Ukraine
The military alliance’s outgoing chief discusses Moscow’s partnerships with Beijing, Pyongyang, and Tehran.
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Germany's Finance Minister Olaf Scholz speaks to reporters outside of the US Capitol in Washington, DC on July 1, 2021. Germany Isn’t Nearly as Important as the U.S. Thinks
Republicans and Democrats have mistakenly put Germany at the center of the trans-Atlantic relationship.
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Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter jets of the Polish Air Force take part in a NATO shielding exercise at Lask Air Base, Poland, on Oct. 12, 2022. NATO Frontline States Need an Air Defense Shield Now
Russia is probing NATO with attack drones and missiles. Ignoring them is a dangerous option.
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An illustration shows a three-legged stool with legs covered in the flags of the U.S., the U.K., ad the EU. The Trans-Atlantic Partnership Still Matters
The United States, Britain, and the EU must constantly renew their alliance.
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An illustration shows a U.S. flag umbrella sheltering a tiny globe. Isolationism Doesn’t Protect
The denting of U.S. democracy is felt across Europe.
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U.S. Army soldiers stand next to a U.S. flag as they take part in a NATO military exercise at the Novo Selo military ground, Bulgaria, on Sept. 26, 2023. U.S. Strategy Should Be Europe First, Then Asia
Without a secure Europe, the United States risks becoming a hemispheric potentate on the margins of the world.
