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
At the European Defense Agency’s annual conference in November 2023, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen warned member states from buying too much equipment from abroad and called for a
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Speaking in North Carolina on a rare campaign stop. President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin “a butcher.” Before that, Biden had referred to Putin as a “thug” and a “crazy SOB.”
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The European Commission on Friday announced the allocation of 500 million euros (about 544 million U.S. dollars) to boost ammunition production as part of its support for the European defense industry. In
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There is increased speculation of the war in Ukraine leading to eventual involvement of NATO due to added momentum of the Russian offensive this year [2024] securing key locations such as Avidiivka.
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Joe Biden has a lot to say in his State of the Union speech. It was an unusually harsh speech, which Biden intended it to be. It either avoided or mostly avoided
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The spectre of Armageddon has been raised often enough during the 2-year old war in Ukraine that the reference to it in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state of the union address on
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Denmark announced the end of its investigation into the 2022 Nord Stream natural gas pipeline explosion this Monday, joining Sweden, which dropped its probe on Feb. 7, giving neither a clear conclusion
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If NATO is so much against sending troops to Ukraine why doesn’t NATO demand that the soldiers already there be sent home? On Monday, February 26, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that Germany
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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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