NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stated this Monday that peace in Ukraine will not last if an agreement that ends the war satisfies the interests of Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran, and warned that a pact that meets the interests of those countries "paves the way for global instability.

Donald Trump has frequently spoken about the need for NATO allies to increase the amount they spend on defense.

A senior NATO official has confirmed that there was a Russian scheme to kill Armin Papperger, the head of German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall. The plot, which was foiled by United States and German intelligence,

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Thursday urged the United States to keep supplying Ukraine with weapons to fight Russia's invasion and said he was sure Europe was ready to pay the bill.

Now men will go content with what we spoiled. Or, discontent, boil bloody, and be spilled. - Wilfred Owen, “Strange Meeting” (1919)  There have been

This week's newsletter drills down on two issues: boosting European defense spending, and how the bloc is dealing with (or not dealing with) Georgia's controversial new president.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte addressed the European Parliament last week with a clear message: Europe isn’t spending enough on defense and the new US president will not like it.

Photo: Mark Rutte / “X.” After the usual pleasantries to welcome Washington’s new representative into post, they are said to have discussed both the war in Ukraine and the need to increase European defense spending. Rutte said this should be ...

For the boss of a military alliance dedicated to mutual security, Nato chief Mark Rutte seemed unperturbed by one member's recent threats to annex allied territory. On his first official visit to the European Parliament on Monday, Rutte was quizzed by ...

South Korea is showing a model of democracy. It was finally possible to get the former president out of his hole, into which he cowardly climbed and does not want to appear for questioning. At the same time,

The move marks yet another step in the systematic military encircling of Russia by the US-led military alliance, which continues to back the far-right Ukrainian regime in a war aimed at inflicting a strategic defeat on Moscow and subjugating its territory to semi-colonial status.

European countries have ramped up defense budgets since Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine in 2022. And many leaders have said the increased spending must continue to counter the growing military threat from Moscow.