ATO’s post–Cold War history is that of an organization far past its “sell-by” date. Desperate for a mission after the end of the Warsaw Pact, NATO in the late 1990s decided that it would become the muscle behind the militarization of “human rights” under the Clinton Administration. Gone was the “thr...

A new war of words has erupted between Hungary and Ukraine, after President Zelensky in an interview last Friday questioned Hungary's 'friendship' with Russia.  Zelensky had charged that Hungary under Prime Minister Viktor Orban had been displaying "inappropriate behavior" for a NATO member, suggest...

Despite suspending negotiations with Sweden, Turkey now says it is ready to approve Finland's bid to join NATO, an approval likely to be formally announced Friday when Finnish President Sauli Niinisto travels to Istanbul to meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. On Wednesday Erdogan had responded...

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday that some alliance members would like to push others to increase military spending by setting a minimum target of 2% of a country’s gross domestic product. “Some allies are strongly in favor of turning the 2% goal into a minimum target,” Stoltenbe...

The topic has become so combustible that many officials just avoid it altogether. For many officials, it’s a topic they won’t touch. When pressed, politicians give memorized, terse and robotic answers.  The verboten subject? Ukraine’s potential NATO membership. It’s an issue so potentially combustib...

At a summit in Bucharest, Romania, earlier this week, the NATO allies recommitted themselves to supporting Ukraine in its struggle against Russia, although not to supplying Kiev with more advanced weapons systems, such as the Patriot air defense missile battery. It also renewed a pledge, first made...

BRUSSELS (Sputnik) - NATO's foreign ministers will gather for a meeting in Bucharest on November 29-30 to discuss boosting assistance to Ukraine and the "challenges" from China.   Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24 in response to calls by the Donetsk and Lugansk ...