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Trump wants to ditch a Cold War treaty that reduced nuclear weapons — that's a bad move, says the Soviet leader who signed it
In The News
Mikhail Gorbachev, the politician who led Soviet Union in its final days, is not personally upset about President Donald Trump's intention to withdraw from the landmark Interm...
By Jim Townsend
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As NATO gets ready for its biggest military exercise in years, things are heating up closer to Russia
In The News
NATO forces are converging on Norway for Trident Juncture, which will be the alliance's largest military exercise in nearly two decades. But military activity has been increas...
By Jim Townsend
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NATO's biggest military exercise in years just started, but Russia may be more worried about 2 countries that aren't members of the alliance
In The News
Trident Juncture officially started Thursday, with some 50,000 troops from all 29 NATO members and Sweden and Finland preparing for drills on land, sea, and in the air from th...
By Jim Townsend
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Trump says he'll scrap a Cold War-era missile deal with Russia, which could throw 'another hand grenade' into NATO
In The News
At a rally in Nevada on October 20, President Donald Trump said he would pull the US out of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty signed by the US and the Soviet Union ...
By Jim Townsend
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US warns against ‘protectionism’ with new EU defense agreement
BRUSSELS ― A top American diplomat is concerned that a new European Union defense agreement could lead to “protectionism” that could ice American firms out of sales in Europe....
By Jim Townsend
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Trump to Speed Up U.S. Arms Sales by Reducing Oversight, Sources Say
The White House is pushing to implement as early as March a plan that would make it easier to sell some weapons to foreign partners through a process some say eliminates key r...
By Jim Townsend
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Lessons from Zapad — jamming, NATO and the future of Belarus
WASHINGTON — The biannual Zapad military exercise, jointly run by Russia and Belarus, was closely watched this September by Western nations. And while there were some concerns...
By Jim Townsend
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Finland woos US with more muscular defense role
HELSINKI — Finland and its neighbor Sweden have centered their defense strategies for decades on neutrality and refraining from participating with the big military alliances o...
By Jim Townsend
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The Ominous, Massive Military Exercises in Eastern Europe
On September 14, Russia and Belarus launched a massive military exercise along their western borders and in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. It’s meant to mimic war with th...
By Jim Townsend
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NATO, U.S. Take Hard Look at Readiness for Fight in Europe
One of Russia’s largest military exercises begins today – and it’s targeted toward the West. Zapad, which literally means “West” in Russian, is a recurrent exercise held in Ru...
By Jim Townsend
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Mattis reportedly threatened Sweden with retaliation over signing a nuclear-weapons ban
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis reportedly warned Sweden of severe consequences if the country followed through on signing a UN treaty banning nuclear weapons. The Scandinavia...
By Jim Townsend
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President Trump’s claim ‘billions and billions’ are ‘pouring into NATO’ because of his administration
Whenever we delve into Trump’s rhetoric on the funding of NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, we find that he fundamentally mischaracterizes the way NATO works. This...
By Jim Townsend
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All in the family? NATO first-timers Trump and Macron a study in contrasts.
The “family photo” of leaders attending the NATO meeting in the Belgian capital Thursday included an unusually large number of first-timers to the transatlantic alliance’s pre...
By Jim Townsend
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Trump eyes reset with ambitious foreign diplomatic tour
President Trump is heading overseas for a remarkably ambitious diplomatic mission covering everything from Middle East peace to the fight against ISIS, in what could offer the...
By Jim Townsend
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With Demands for More NATO Spending, Romania Steps Up
After months of harsh rhetoric and threatening tweets, some NATO allies are preparing to spend big on defense. The Romanian government — already uneasy over Russian activities...
By Jim Townsend & Jacqueline Ramos
