What Ukraine Achieved in Vilnius
Since the NATO Summit in Vilnius failed to grant Ukraine an invitation to the Alliance, undisguised disappointment has been...
Read moreSince the NATO Summit in Vilnius failed to grant Ukraine an invitation to the Alliance, undisguised disappointment has been...
Read moreWith defence spending likely to be a heated topic of discussion at Vilnius Summit, not least because the credibility of NATO’s new defence plans will require the Allies to invest more, we look at...
Read moreMore than fifteen years ago, NATO Allies meeting at Bucharest declared that Ukraine and Georgia “will become members of NATO”. Until 24 February 2022, the ritualised repetition of those words was...
Read moreAn armed attack against a country’s military leadership is an attack upon the state. Inside Russia, the actions that brought Russia to near paralysis on 24 June are being called a mutiny (myatezh),...
Read moreFrom François Mitterrand’s halfway policy to Jacques Chirac’s infamous comments or to Emmanuel Macron’s questionable positions on the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, France has lost much...
Read moreThere are three major issues on the Vilnius Summit agenda – new defence plans, spending commitments and Ukraine’s path to NATO membership – that are of vital importance for NATO’s ability to...
Read moreCrimean Tatars are Eastern European Turkic people, who – along with Karaites and Krymchaks – make up the indigenous population of Crimea, as well as one of the indigenous peoples of Ukraine....
Read moreIn Exercise Air Defender 23, the largest air force deployment exercise in NATO’s history, the Allies rehearsed interoperability in defensive air operations and sent the clear message that NATO is...
Read moreRussia’s war in Ukraine has prompted Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania to accelerate the building of their armed...
Read moreAfter Russia invaded Ukraine, the diplomatic scene witnessed many collective walkouts at international venues when the representatives from the aggressor country took the floor – a symbolic gesture...
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