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Macron blocks NATO outpost in Japan amid Chinese complaints
PARIS — France is holding up a deal to expand NATO’s reach into Asia, opening a split in the Western security alliance on the eve…
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Only one-third of NATO allies set to reach spending target, new data shows
Eleven out of NATO’s 31 allies are set to meet the alliance’s defense investment target this year, according to new data published Friday. It’s a…
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West after Wagner rebellion: Talk softly and help Ukraine carry a bigger stick
As the United States and its European allies work to make sense of last weekend’s chaos in the Kremlin, they’re urging Kyiv to seize a…
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Moscow ‘reaps what it sows’: NATO members scramble to assess chaos unfolding in Russia
Officials across NATO are scrambling to make sense of the fast-moving events inside Russia, as the Wagner Group’s mercenary fighters take more territory on what…
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America’s European burden: How the Continent still leans on the US for security
This article is part of the Europe’s strategic impotence Special Report. PRISTINA, Kosovo — There is no statue of France’s Jacques Chirac in Kosovo’s capital,…
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Ukraine doubles down on joining NATO ‘very, very’ soon after war
SINGAPORE — Ukraine seeks to become a NATO member within a “very short” time after achieving military victory over Russia, Ukraine’s deputy defense minister told…
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France denies military presence in Ukraine
The French government denied on Saturday that French soldiers were on the ground in Ukraine, Le Monde reported. “There are no French forces engaged in…
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Kyiv and Berlin slam Putin’s plan to station nuclear weapons in Belarus
Officials in Kyiv and Berlin condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that Moscow would station tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus. The Kremlin “took Belarus…
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Turkey renews threat of war over Greek territorial sea dispute
ATHENS — Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Thursday threatened Greece with retaliation if Athens proceeded with any expansion of its territorial waters in the…
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NATO chief ‘confident’ UK will ‘lead by example’ on defense amid spending squeeze
LONDON — NATO’s chief predicted the U.K. will continue to “lead by example” on defense spending, even as Britain grapples with a crisis in its…
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