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Jan 27 2024
News
Biden administration tells Congress it intends to sell Turkey F-16s after Erdogan approved Sweden’s NATO membership
The Biden administration told Congress it intends to sell F-16 fighter jets to Turkey after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed off on Sweden’s accession to NATO on Thursday – a development that caps off more than a year of quiet, complicated negotiations.
The State Department sent the formal notification about the proposed $23 billion sale to Congress on Friday after Turkey’s
CNN (Online News)Jan 15 2024
Analysis
European nations pass on US-led response to Houthis' Red Sea aggression, putting NATO into question
United States and U.K. military forces through this weekend have bombed over a dozen targets allegedly utilized by Houthi rebels, sparking vows of retaliation from the Yemen-based group and perhaps making the prospect of a wider war more likely.
Conspicuously absent from the latest maneuvers were forces from France and Italy, two founding members of NATO that first deployed a
Just The NewsDec 04 2023
News
NATO Chief Warns of ‘Bad News’ for Ukraine After Failed Counteroffensive
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has warned that Western powers should be prepared for “bad news” from Ukraine in the wake of Kyiv’s failed “counter-offensive” against occupying Russian forces.
Amid growing concerns about Ukraine’s ability to continue the fight against the much larger Russian military and failures to recapture any meaningful amount of territory from Moscow’s army
Breitbart NewsJul 12 2023
Opinion
Ukraine Should Not Be Let in NATO
Ahead of the NATO meeting in Vilnius, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said that it would be “absurd” if Ukraine were not offered a timeline for membership in NATO. Zelensky is, quite naturally, pressing as hard as he can to secure the best security arrangements that he can for his embattled country. He will also be aware that there is no chance that Ukraine will join NATO in the
National Review (News)Jul 11 2023
Opinion
NATO Isn’t What It Says It Is
NATO leaders convening this week in Vilnius, Lithuania, have every reason to toast their success.
Only four years ago, on the eve of another summit, the organization looked to be in low water; in the words of President Emmanuel Macron of France, it was undergoing nothing short of “brain death.” Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the situation has been transformed. As NATO plans to
New York Times (Opinion)Dec 17 2023
News
Putin says Biden’s remark about Russian plan to attack NATO is ‘complete nonsense’
Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin said US President Joe Biden’s claim that Russia would attack a NATO country if he won in Ukraine was complete nonsense, adding that Russia had no interest in fighting with the NATO military alliance.
Biden earlier this month warned that if Putin won a victory over Ukraine then Russia would attack a NATO country.
Biden offered no clear evidence for his
New York Post (News)Oct 07 2023
News
NATO Condemns Hamas 'Terrorist Attacks' Against Israel
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation condemned Saturday "terrorist attacks by Hamas against NATO partner Israel", a spokesman for the defence alliance said.
"Our thoughts are with the victims and all those affected. Terrorism is a fundamental threat to free societies, and Israel has the right to defend itself," said spokesman Dylan White.
Barron'sMay 18 2023
Analysis
Is Nato really an LGBT ally?
Nato is currently engaged in the most serious geopolitical conflict since the Vietnam War. You’d therefore expect it to have a laser-like focus on the matter at hand. But apparently not. On Wednesday, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg took time out of his busy schedule to record a video for “International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia”.
You can see where this is
UnHerdNov 26 2023
News
Blinken to attend NATO ministerial meeting on Russia, Balkans - US State Dept
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will attend a meeting of NATO foreign ministers next week to highlight the alliance's commitment to Ukraine in its war against Russia, the State Department said on Saturday.
NATO is actively supporting Ukraine and Kyiv hopes one day to join the military bloc. NATO itself is not at war with Russia, a situation which Western leaders say they want to
Reuters