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Baltic Battle: A Chinese Ship Is Suspected of Sabotaging NATO Infrastructure
Earlier this month, as the world’s attention was focused on the horror unfolding in Israel and Gaza, it was easy to miss the news that two subsea telecommunications cables and...
Newest U.S. Navy Carrier Headlines Massive NATO Drills
Five NATO aircraft carriers are holding major drills in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea throughout November, the alliance announced earlier this month. “In the North Atlantic, the USS...
How the Pentagon Is Preparing for War in Europe and Asia
In comments provided during a press conference, Pentagon press secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder explained how the United States is preparing to counter Russia’s aggression in Ukraine and prepare for...
Turkey Outlines Conditions for Swedish NATO Accession
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Tuesday that his government had formally requested that Sweden work towards countering “terrorism” as a precondition to Ankara’s approval of its request to...
NATO Chief Urges Turkey to Approve Sweden and Finland’s Bids
In a meeting with Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg urged the Turkish government to approve Sweden and Finland’s dual bids for entry into the military...
Turkey Drags Its Heels on Swedish NATO Accession
Turkish officials announced on Monday that the country’s leadership was not yet prepared to approve Sweden’s accession to NATO—effectively guaranteeing that Stockholm remains out of the thirty-nation military alliance until...
Russian Aggression Boosts Transatlantic Solidarity
NATO forces recently concluded Neptune Strike, a vigilance activity designed to increase the alliance’s interoperability and ability to deter aggression. A statement released by the U.S. Navy explained that the exercise...
NATO Stands Tall in the Face of Russian Saber-Rattling
In a statement, the U.S. Navy announced that “NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visited the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush “in the Adriatic Sea on Tuesday.” The...
How NATO Is Taking the Fight to Climate Change
It may seem surprising that a military alliance could become a leading organization in the fight against climate change. But in its new Strategic Concept and recent declarations, NATO members...
NATO Remains Indispensable in a Anarchic World
The history of international relations has taught us three important lessons. First, the international system is fundamentally anarchic because there is no hierarchically superior power capable of imposing order and...
Stay Vigilant: NATO Kicks Off Neptune Strike Maritime Exercise
Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO and U.S. Navy’s Sixth Fleet just started Neptune Strike 2022.2, a vigilance activity designed to heighten the NATO alliance’s observation abilities at sea. “The Neptune...