NATO Expansion
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...
Russia Plays Down Ukraine’s Fast-Track NATO Bid
There is no accelerated process for Ukraine’s NATO membership bid, said a senior Russian diplomat on Monday. “There are no workarounds for [Ukraine] joining NATO,” Russian deputy foreign minister Alexander...
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...
Nine NATO Countries Back Fast-Track Membership for Ukraine
The leaders of nine NATO nations in Eastern Europe published a joint statement announcing their support for Ukraine’s membership in NATO, two days after Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky announced his...
Welcome to NATO: Finland Accuses Russia of Airspace Violation
The Finnish Defense Ministry claimed on Thursday that two Russian MiG-31 jets had violated its airspace along the Gulf of Finland near the city of Porvoo, according to Reuters. Kristian...
Course Correcting Toward Diplomacy in the Ukraine Crisis
As the United States continues to deepen its involvement in Ukraine, policymakers say the dangers and costly sacrifices are still warranted. “As long as it takes,” stressed President Joseph Biden at the...
China Says U.S. Arm Supplies to Ukraine Intended to ‘Crush’ Russia
Chinese ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui declared on Tuesday that the United States bore the primary responsibility for the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, insisting that U.S. policymakers had sought...
Why I Won’t Vote to Add Sweden and Finland to NATO
The Senate will soon vote on adding Sweden and Finland to NATO. According to the terms of NATO’s founding treaty, that means the United States would be obliged to defend...
Ukrainian War and American Decisions
In his opening remarks at the Fourth Ukraine Defense Contact Group on July 20, U.S. secretary of defense Lloyd Austin touted Kyiv’s military accomplishments and issued a warning to Moscow....
The Senate Must Fast Track Finnish and Swedish Accession to NATO
At last month’s NATO Summit in Madrid, Finland and Sweden were invited to join the alliance. Adding these two nations to NATO will bolster transatlantic security significantly, as both have...
Realists Can Help Create a True European Peace
After attending the Paris Peace Conference in the aftermath of World War I in 1919, British economist John Maynard Keynes published The Economic Consequences of the Peace which criticized the terms of...
Sweden and Finland ‘Lock Shields’ With NATO Against Russian Hacks
As Russia’s war in Ukraine sputters, Russian hackers have turned their focus on NATO. While preventing the expansion of NATO has ostensibly been a major goal of Vladimir Putin’s brutal...