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MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian military buildup near Ukraine has raised fears in Kyiv and the...

In an interview about Afghanistan, the president appeared to lump Taiwan with Japan, South Korea and Nato, saying the US would respond to an invasion.

Updated: June 14, 2021 11:40 IST NATO summit on June 14 comes as U.S. President Joe Biden tries to rally allies for greater coordination in checking China and Russia Share Article AAA U.S. President Joe Biden gets off the Air Force One after arriving ahead of a NATO summit, at Brussels Military Airport in Melsbroek, Belgium on June 13, 2021.   | Photo Credit: Reuters NATO summit on June 14 comes as U.S. President Joe Biden tries to rally allies for greater coordination in checking China and R...

~ The recent visit of the Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to the U.S. brings to focus the close ties between the two allies. What is significant is that PM Suga became the first foreign leader to visit the U.S. after President Joe Biden took office. Washington has a security treaty with Japan and it has served both the countries well in the period since the end of the Second World War. The Prime Minister’s visit this time was significant for many reasons. Let us try to analyse them thr...

~ For anyone who chooses a life in politics, the prospect of a long, private discussion with the President of the United States must seem like the ultimate career highlight.  For Japan’s Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga, 72 – who has spent many years in the political background – it must have felt a particular honor to be feted as a VIP in Washington. On April 17, he became the first national leader to meet Joe Biden for face-to-face talks at the White House. Unfortunately, due to COVID re...

"Its no secret that over the last four years we had some difficult discussions inside NATO,” Secretary General Stoltenberg said. "But now we look to the future, and the future is that we now have an administration in the United States." By   Paul McLeary on February 15, 2021 at 2:02 PM

What putin wanted donald trump to do. so im sure theyre toasting in the kremlin tonight. >> he says -- he didnt specifically cite article 5, which is attack on one nato ally is an attack on all nato allies, but his aides said later by showing up there he supports nato and thats the bed rock issue of nato. >> donald trump has spent the last two years calling nato into question, so there was a baiting concern as he headed to brussels today. will he or will he not affirm what american presidents, d...

We dont know yet. this is a very big deal to them and could change their calculations. i think france is clearly determined to lead a military effort against isis and would like support certainly from the united states as we saw with intelligence sharing and probably other european countries. i think they will be careful however about the image of bringing nato in and risking that that is then used by the islamic state to elevate this into a war between christian europe and muslim middle east, t...