Tag: NATO

Saving NATO in the age of Trump was on the minds of everyone in Ankara, but of course it was not discussed.

In Ankara, the key word will be “cheese” as TV cameras record yet another photo-up.

The era of bending over backwards to keep Trump on board is over.

The political power the U.S. built up over years in the Middle East has been shaken to it foundations.

Deference and appeasement can never be the right strategy.

Trump’s willingness to defend an ally may depend upon whether he currently gets along with its political leadership.

Four days after Donald Trump announced ...he would send 5,000 U.S. troops to Poland, it is still unclear what the American leader had in mind

[I]f the ideologues prevail, there will be no "deal," but at most a frozen conflict. And before long, a new war.

Europe is not — and will not be for a long time — self-sufficient in confronting Russia's military potential.

Without the U.S., the alpha dog that pulls everyone together in a crisis would not exist.