Topic: NATO

Leading Alliances Increases U.S. Strength
Leading Alliances Increases U.S. Strength August 21, 2025 William R. Hawkins America remains actively engaged in European defense strategy as the leader of the Free World
To deploy or not to deploy
To deploy or not to deploy August 21, 2025 Silvio Canto, Jr. The moment for European leadership is here. 
Trump’s Alaska Summit: Paving the Way for Ukrainian Peace and Democratic Revival
Trump’s Alaska Summit: Paving the Way for Ukrainian Peace and Democratic Revival August 14, 2025 Mike Robertson As tensions in Eastern Europe continue to simmer, all eyes are on the high-stakes summit scheduled today between President Trump and President Putin.
Do We Really Want NATO Countries to Spend More on Weapons?
Do We Really Want NATO Countries to Spend More on Weapons? June 8, 2025 Milli Sands Demographic shifts in Europe mean that we may be helping to arm our future geopolitical enemies.
Too Little, Too Late
Too Little, Too Late April 8, 2025 Charlton Allen Europe’s zero-for-zero proposal proves Trump was right all along.
No Clear Victory: Trump's Hard Push for Peace
No Clear Victory: Trump's Hard Push for Peace March 3, 2025 Terrance Huiskens Acknowledging that Ukraine cannot win this war is not a sign of weakness.
A fully funded NATO would terrify Russia and discourage its adventurism
A fully funded NATO would terrify Russia and discourage its adventurism June 9, 2024 Warren K. Christolon Europe needs to step up and pay its fair share of its NATO contributions.
Smackdown: CNN's Zakaria tries to egg Finland's leader into blasting Trump, gets egg all over his face instead
Smackdown: CNN's Zakaria tries to egg Finland's leader into blasting Trump, gets egg all over his face instead April 10, 2024 Richard McDonough Must have been a bad surprise for the swampy establishment pundit to run into a calm, rational Finn who read correctly what Trump was doing.
Do we need a national conversation about NATO?
Do we need a national conversation about NATO? February 19, 2024 Silvio Canto, Jr. At what point does an alliance become a free lunch?
It's time to send Justin Trudeau to NATO purgatory
It's time to send Justin Trudeau to NATO purgatory July 23, 2023 Silvio Canto, Jr. Canada is failing to pull its weight on the NATO front.
Liberals, Conservatives, and Russia: The Drama Triangle
Liberals, Conservatives, and Russia: The Drama Triangle March 19, 2022 Oleg Atbashian This game won't stop until the Rescuers of the world finally see Russia for what it is - the pathological drama queen.
The Myth about NATO Expansion
The Myth about NATO Expansion March 14, 2022 Michael Curtis At the core of Putin’s galaxy of lies and misstatements is the allegation that the West tricked the former Soviet Union by breaking promises made at the time when the Soviet Union was ending, that NATO would not expand to the East.
Germany makes more excuses about not ponying up to 2% of GDP for NATO
Germany makes more excuses about not ponying up to 2% of GDP for NATO April 14, 2019 Monica Showalter Europe's largest economy can't cough up a mere $30 billion?
NATO in Crisis
NATO in Crisis April 12, 2019 Frank Hawkins Europe is starting to look like an unexploded bomb -- an ideological and cultural bomb created by weak-minded politicians who are destroying their own cultures and the well-being of their increasingly angry citizens.
NATO Is Rife with Contradictions and Absurdities
NATO Is Rife with Contradictions and Absurdities April 4, 2019 Peter Skurkiss Turkey, Germany, Italy — none of these purported allies is acting like an ally, given what they are up to.
For NATO, Time to Clarify Goals
For NATO, Time to Clarify Goals June 19, 2017 Peter Skurkiss Just what is NATO?  Its Article V for common defense is looser than it looks.  This calls for a clarification of what U.S. obligations really are under NATO.
Media ignore another Trump diplomatic triumph yesterday
Media ignore another Trump diplomatic triumph yesterday June 10, 2017 Thomas Lifson President Trump is delivering on his campaign promise, and the media cannot bear to admit the effectiveness of his leadership.
Is NATO Still Relevant?
Is NATO Still Relevant? May 17, 2017 Armando Simon The NATO alliance, first created in 1949, is the longest alliance in history.  But is it still relevant?
NATO auditor found apparently murdered
NATO auditor found apparently murdered December 26, 2016 Thomas Lifson One of the many sins attributed to Donald Trump is an inadequate appreciation for NATO.  Hmm.  Nothing to see here, move along?  Maybe that’s why I have to learn about this via a British tabloid newspaper.
A Strategy to Defeat Islamic Theo-fascism
A Strategy to Defeat Islamic Theo-fascism January 7, 2016 G. Murphy Donovan Islamism, like the secular fascism of the 20th Century, must be defeated, humbled in detail.
The Russian Bear Roars
The Russian Bear Roars March 4, 2014 Michael Curtis The U.S. and NATO do nothing.
The Decline and Fall of American Deterrence
The Decline and Fall of American Deterrence December 12, 2013 Richard Winchester All too soon, the United States will have the fewest naval vessels at sea since before World War I, the smallest Air Force ever, and an Army and Marine Corps with severely diminished capacity, while strategic flash points proliferate.
Beware Turkish Hypocrisy
Beware Turkish Hypocrisy February 23, 2013 Noah Beck With Islamists in charge, the old assumptions no longer hold.
End America's Middle East Engagement
End America's Middle East Engagement September 28, 2012 Michael Djordjevich "It is human to err, but stupid to persist." Time to devote our limited resources to more valuable pursuits.