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NATO to Review Policy on Nuclear Weapons Because Russian Rhetoric is Lowering Nuclear Threshold

Nato, in an echo of the cold war, is preparing to re-evaluate its nuclear weapons strategy in response to growing Läs mer

Hey, Remember Me? It’s Europe.

The Transatlantic Alliance is in Trouble

”We lived next to Russia for 500 years—listen to what we have to say,” Läs mer

Putin Defaulting on the Social Contract

The corrupt bargain on which Russian President Vladimir Putin built his regime, provision of wealth to loyal officials and a Läs mer

Russia Bans Freedom to Report, Says Top Investigative Journalist

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has banned US investigative journalist Simon Ostrovsky from working in Russia. On June 4, it denied a Läs mer

After Ukraine, NATO’s Chance for a New Normal

NATO’s responses over the last year have been reactive and by definition (when measured by budgets) temporary. Läs mer

NATO Spending Less on Defense, Despite Russian Threat

The alliance’s easternmost members are ratcheting up their budgets as Russian threats loom. Läs mer

Mac Thornberry Warns of Growing Threats in Face of Likely Obama Defense Bill Veto

Mac Thornberry, the new chairman of the US House Armed Services Committee, accused President Barack Obama on June 23 of Läs mer

Here’s How to Crowdsource Ukrainian Language and Culture

On a scorching Saturday afternoon in the Pechersk district of Kyiv, a group of five young people take refuge in Läs mer

Secretary of Defense Carter: US and NATO Will Counter Russia’s ’Efforts to Undermine Strategic Stability’

At a time when some have suggested our relationship is suffering from a crisis and others have questioned the staying Läs mer