Amid acts of Russian sabotage throughout Europe, NATO announced Wednesday that Germany completed a test launch of an Israeli-made ballistic missile in the North Atlantic. The test followed Tuesday’s...
The Pentagon’s review of U.S. force posture in Europe has many NATO allies asking questions about the future of America’s military footprint on the continent, even as CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled...
An arresting image from the last century should haunt us in this one. In November 1940, Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrived in Berlin to deepen Moscow’s pact with Nazi Germany, supposedly...
On July 25, 2026, Abdul Rahman Ballout, a 21-year-old German citizen of Lebanese descent who had recently been released from prison after being convicted of attempting to join the Islamic State, allegedly...
As America’s NATO allies boost their defense spending and capabilities to counter Russian aggression, Germany is turning to Israel. After fielding its first Israeli-made Arrow 3 ballistic...
The prospect of a revived Turkish empire poses a new threat to Arab sovereignty.
As NATO leaders gather in Ankara next week, there is much to celebrate. Ukraine is gaining the upper hand on the battlefield against Russia. European defense spending is way up. Many European...
For more than thirteen years, the European Union has maintained a distinction between Hezbollah's political and military wings. A distinction the organization itself has never recognized - and one that Lebanon's foreign minister has now swept aside.
The Trump administration is fond of reminding allies that NATO is a two-way street. But at present, Washington seems to need that message most. Earlier this month, amid a feud between President Donald...
President Donald Trump‘s new executive order targeting branches of the Muslim Brotherhood marks the first serious attempt by any Western leader in decades to confront the Islamist networks that...
When British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood side-by-side in Ankara on Oct. 28 to announce Turkey’s purchase of 20 Eurofighter Typhoons...
Returning to a Case-by-Case Basis: Germany announced on November 17 that it would resume weapons sales to Israel that were suspended in August in response to Israel’s planned...
Murder of Ambassador Prevented: Mexico, with assistance from U.S. and Israeli intelligence, foiled an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Jerusalem’s ambassador to Mexico, according...
Joint French-Saudi Resolution Approved: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) approved on September 12 a resolution proposed by France and Saudi Arabia supporting an “irreversible”...
Joint Statement Issued: The United States and 13 NATO allies — the United Kingdom, Albania, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands,...
Berlin is interested in buying the US-made Typhon missile launch system, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced earlier this month after meeting with his American counterpart in Washington,...
Turkey to Purchase 40 Jets: Turkey reached preliminary deals with both the United Kingdom and Germany on July 23 for the possible purchase of 40 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets....
Tehran’s global terror apparatus has triggered an important European response. On July 15, the European Union (EU) Council designated the network of narco-trafficker Naji Ibrahim Sharifi Zindashti and...
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Thomas Paine dismissed the “summer soldiers” and “sunshine patriots” who wavered on the American struggle for independence during “the times that try men’s souls.” Germany should avoid adopting a similar mindset.