
Nato must keep faith with Ukraine
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the alliance’s former secretary general, on what the West got wrong in the 1990s and why democracy…
ByNato (the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) is an intergovernmental military alliance with 31 member states from Europe and North America. It was founded in 1949 with twelve members, including the US and the UK, committed to a principle of collective defence.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the alliance’s former secretary general, on what the West got wrong in the 1990s and why democracy…
ByHistory will judge harshly her doctrine of passivity towards Vladimir Putin.
ByWars have rules, and those who ignore them are apt to achieve surprise, simply by being stupid.
ByRussia’s renewed advance is a threat to the entire democratic world.
ByThe Turkish president has been moving the goalposts domestically for 20 years. The international community must catch up.
ByThe development is another example of Vladimir Putin’s accidental strengthening of Nato.
ByThe Prime Minister has signed mutual security with the two countries due imminently to join Nato – but the economic…
ByAs Nato fortifies to counter the Russian threat, the case against Trident – and for Scottish independence – is looking…
ByIn committing itself to arming Ukraine on an ongoing basis, the West has woken up to the peril Europe faces.
ByHeightened security concerns have pushed politicians in non-Nato countries to consider moving away from their neutrality.
ByWill Sweden join Nato? The country looks set to join Finland in applying for membership, but the debate in Stockholm…
ByRussia’s war in Ukraine poses a grave threat to Nato’s eastern states. As Britain doubles its military presence in Estonia,…
ByVladimir Putin’s war is transforming an array of old arguments among the Western allies – over Russia and Turkey, arms…
ByIn the 1970s Austria used its neutrality to be a conduit between East and West, but there's little sign of…
ByThe war could be about to enter its most dangerous phase as conflict inches closer to Nato member states.
ByNato’s emergency summit in Brussels is the chance for a revolution in geopolitical vision.
ByThe UK and US fear Moscow is preparing to violate a “red line”, just as its Syrian ally did last…
ByAndrei Kozyrev explains Vladimir Putin’s cruel rationality and the calculus of the war in Ukraine.
ByIt was Clement Attlee’s government that took the UK into Nato, and Starmer has returned his party to the diplomatic…
ByThose arguing for one need to explain how an escalation between nuclear powers would be avoided when aircraft start getting…
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