Norway’s announcement is a reminder that defense spending is a NATO success story
Last week, the Norwegian government presented a new long-term defense plan that, if adopted, would double The country’s defense budget will reach that size in just over a decade. Norway’s plan was announced shortly after the country announced in March that: Plans to spend 2% of GDP on defense in 2024achieved NATO benchmarks two years […]
US warns NATO: China helped Russia ‘reconstitute militarily’
China has enabled Russia’s military to “reconstitute” to a degree that threatens Ukraine and the wider NATO alliance, according to senior U.S. officials. “The warnings were explicit,” a source familiar with Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s message to allies told the Financial Times. “There has been a shift, and it was felt in the room. […]
Biden praises NATO on alliance anniversary amid Trump threats
President Biden on Thursday celebrated and praised the 75th anniversary of the NATO alliance, even as former President Trump threatened to encourage attacks on “delinquent” members. Biden called NATO “the greatest military alliance in the history of the world,” adding, “For the past 75 years, America and our allies have chosen to stand together for […]
Blinken: Ukraine Will Become A Member Of NATO
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, April 4, 2024 (Photo by Joanna Geron/AFP) Tom McGrath of OAN6pm – Thursday, April 4, 2024 Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the next NATO summit will focus on Ukraine’s membership. advertisement Giving a speech at the North Atlantic […]
Antony Blinken indicates Ukraine will eventually join NATO
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken shown Ukraine eventually becomes a member of the NATO alliance. comment While standing alongside Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Brussels, Belgium. Blinken’s comments sparked a backlash from some on the U.S. political right. Republican Sen. Mike Lee (Utah) tweeted“NATO can have Ukraine. Or the United States, but not […]
Mark Warner celebrates Democrats rebuilding ‘critical’ NATO alliance after Trump ‘weakened’ it
On NATO’s 75th anniversary, Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) praised Democrats for their work on the alliance after former President Donald Trump “weakened” it. “After being deeply weakened by the former President, we’ve rebuilt this critical alliance, but its continued strength relies on us keeping our word and renewing aid to Ukraine,” Warner stated. Under the […]
Ukraine will eventually join NATO, Antony Blinken said Thursday
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that Ukraine will eventually join NATO because support from member states remains “rock-solid.” “Ukraine will become a member of NATO, and our objective at the summit is to help build the bridge to membership,” Blinken told reporters in Brussels. Blinken’s remarks came after a meeting with Ukrainian […]
Ukraine Will Join NATO, Says Antony Blinken
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on NATO’s 75th birthday that NATO intends to “build bridges” towards Ukraine’s membership in the defense alliance. North Atlantic Treaty Organization member states met Thursday at the alliance’s headquarters in Brussels to celebrate their 75th anniversary, including U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who joined other nations in […]
75 years in, NATO remains as vital as ever to American life
As NATO celebrates its 75th anniversary, some Americans are asking serious questions about the value of the transatlantic alliance. They argue that it is anachronistic, full of burden-sharing slackers, and does not focus enough on China, the United States’ main enemy. I can understand this kind of criticism to some extent. The age of NATO […]
Trump’s NATO hostility and Russia relations trace back to 1987
“Donald Trump, who is not president, is trying to use a small number of Republicans to hand victory to Russia and weaken America’s power and credibility,” Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ann Applebaum said recently. written. “why?” Really why? At this stage, where Trump has won the Republican presidential nomination for the third time and appears to […]