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“The transatlantic alliance is the strong foundation on which our collective security and our shared prosperity are built.” In a much anticipated speech at the 2021 virtual Munich Security Conference, President Joe Biden praised the transatlantic alliance but also warned it was facing an “inflection point.” Noting that “democratic progress is under assault,” the U.S. president

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies / February 23rd, 2021 NATO headquarters in Brussels (Photo: NATO) The February meeting of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Defense Ministers, the first since President Biden took power, revealed an antiquated, 75-year-old alliance that, despite its military failures in Afghanistan and Libya, is now turning its military madness toward two more formidable, nuclear-armed enemies: Russia and China. This theme was emphasized by U.S. Secretary of De...

Antiwar.com Original The February meeting of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Defense Ministers, the first since President Biden took power, revealed an antiquated, 75-year-old alliance that, despite its military failures in Afghanistan and Libya, is now turning its military madness toward two more formidable, nuclear-armed enemies: Russia and China. This theme was emphasized by U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in a Washington Post op-ed in advance of the NATO ...

Despite failures in Afghanistan and Libya, NATO is now eyeing more formidable, nuclear-armed enemies: Russia and China.

The foreign ministers of the UK, France, Germany (the E3), and the USA met in Paris, France on 18 February 2021, following their 5 February meeting.

The Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the U.S. Secretary of State held a virtual meeting, for the second time in this (…)

"The Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the U.S. Secretary of State held a virtual meeting, for the second time in this format...

  Executive Summary • Despite the Biden administration’s push to revitalize U.S. alliances, U.S. relations with NATO are due for a reset. The United States should incentivize European members of NATO to take on additional responsibilities for their defense. • Encouraging the European allies to take initiative will help the United States focus on its other domestic and international priorities and may facilitate improving relations with Russia. This approach will also prove attractive to...

Will NATO miss Donald Trump? For better, for worse Some of those changes have been at least partially positive, even if they left scars on the alliances psyche. For example, while Trump did not, as he frequently misstates, prompt a reversal of allies decline in defense spending — that already happened in 2014 — it is credible that nations boosted their military budgets faster toward the NATO goal of 2% of GDP in an effort to avoid his public haranguing. "He also got [allies] talking about...

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