Sri Lanka has taken part in high-level discussions on regional and international security at the 28th Annual Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defence (CHOD) Conference, held in Victoria, Canada, from 31 August to 2
CNN reported Macron’s comments this way: Macron said that “he and the other 21 European leaders present did not agree on deploying military personnel [to Ukraine], [but] the prospect was discussed openly. “Nothing should
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Hungary’s lawmakers on Monday approved a bill on Sweden’s bid to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Out of the 199 members of parliament, 194 participated in the voting, with 188
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Jens Stoltenberg, a former Norwegian Prime Minister and now Secretary General of NATO should be fired now, before it is too late. He announced he is giving Ukraine “permission” to use its soon to
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Don’t expect a ceasefire in Ukraine, despite the buzz now rippling through European capitals and Washington. The reason is simple: there is no incentive for Russia to stop the war. It is quite true
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Former president and likely Republican nominee Donald Trump caused a ruckus across the pond over the weekend when he said that he would encourage Russia to attack any NATO member falling short on their defense spending
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NATO has a huge problem that it cannot overcome for decades. Put most simply, the armor vehicles NATO has won’t survive in a firefight with the Russians, notwithstanding the fact that Russian
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As a Cold War relic, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has faced criticism for maintaining a mentality reminiscent of that period. Therefore, the recent announcement by the South Korean Foreign Ministry
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The British are about to sign a Naval Security Pact with Ukraine, doubling down on their support for the sinking Zelensky-led country. Pardon the pun. Meanwhile, Germany is upping its commitment of arms for Ukraine,
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Barring some unforeseen contingency there will not be a war in Europe, beyond Ukraine, for some time to come. That prediction, however, is based on NATO’s ability to deter a future Russian attack.
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On 12 October, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant participated remotely in a meeting of NATO defence ministers, during which he presented information on the Hamas attack on Israel that killed 1,400 people.
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So long as Volodymyr Zelensky is President of Ukraine it is a waste of time and effort to try and get a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine. Zelensky is frozen into
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We came, we saw, he died,” Hillary Clinton famously quipped when Muammar Gaddafi, after seven months of U.S. and NATO bombing, was overthrown in 2011 and killed by a mob who sodomized him with
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I will try to make this simple. It is a complex question, but it is something we should be contemplating if the world is going to avoid a nuclear holocaust. It boils
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) held its annual summit on 11–12 July in Vilnius, Lithuania. The communiqué released after the first day’s proceedings claimed that ‘NATO is a defensive alliance’, a
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There were so many contentious issues at last week’s NATO summit in Vilnius, along with a large cast of colorful characters—Zelensky, Biden, Erdogan, to name a few—to play out the drama that
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