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7 Fault Lines NATO Must Address in Ankara

As NATO leaders gather on July 7 to 8 in Ankara, the summit’s true test lies in unresolved faultlines over U.S. force posture cuts in Europe, host nation Turkey’s disruptive role within the alliance,...

Doling out tough love to European countries should top Trump’s NATO summit agenda

This week’s NATO summit in Ankara arrives at a fraught moment: Even as America and its allies face growing threats from authoritarian powers, differences over Ukraine, Iran, Greenland and US military...

Don’t Decimate U.S. Military Posture in Europe

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...

This Is No Way To Treat Our European Allies

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...

U.S. Intelligence Community Omits Key Russian Threat in Annual Assessment

Moscow’s favorite color in the Arctic is gray. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s (ODNI) Annual Threat Assessment correctly identifies Russia as the dominant Arctic threat and...

Marco Rubio’s Munich Moment

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s speech has instilled a new sense of purpose within the transatlantic alliance.

Previewing Talks with Iran

The battered Western alliance    

Repairing it is essential if we’re to win the current cold war

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Greenland’s Worth a Fight and Russia’s Trying to Start One

The “quickest way for Russia to penetrate our naval defenses is steaming from the Arctic to the North Atlantic.” The Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom (GIUK) Gap is the last place allied forces “have...

The new Greenland deal

With America leading and NATO following, the Arctic can be defended

Hezbollah: We will not remain neutral if Islamic Republic endangered

Hezbollah is arguably the Islamic Republic of Iran’s primary and central extension, having described itself as such in the 1985 Open Letter, the group’s founding and constitutional document. As...

Don’t forget Iran!

There is truly a historic opportunity at work, based on the civilian protest movement. The world should not squander it.

U.S. Must Apply Greater Pressure on Russia To Achieve Peace in Ukraine

Presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy met at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 22 shortly before U.S. officials flew to Moscow for another sit-down with Russian President Vladimir...

The mission behind Trump’s Board of Peace is simple — and critics keep getting it wrong

President Trump is making big moves the world over. From nabbing Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro to threatening the conquest of Greenland to pushing for a Ukraine-Russia cease-fire,...

Don’t make the mistake Obama did, Mr. President, enforce your Iran ‘red line’

The last time a US president drew a “red line” and refused to enforce it, thousands of Syrians paid the price. Barack Obama’s 2012 failure to enforce his red line against the use of chemical...

Why 2026 Could Prove as Important as 1989

The year the Berlin Wall came down marked the end of one epoch and the start of another. This year could do the same.

Venezuela, shadow tankers, Greenland, Iran protests, and Russia

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Assessing the Challenges Facing NATO

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Bridging the Atlantic to Counter Tehran

Trump’s return to the White House shakes global alliances but creates a crucial chance to unite against Iran’s growing threat. Saeed Ghasseminejad and Behnam Ben Taleblu lay out a bold plan to counter Tehran’s nuclear drive and regional aggression.