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Trump-Zelenskyy Meeting Puts Ukraine Diplomacy Inside NATO Summit Politics
The planned bilateral in Ankara will place the future of the Ukraine war, possible US contact with Vladimir Putin and Europe’s role in any settlement inside a summit already strained by defence spending and transatlantic burden-shifting. Donald Trump is due…
Russia’s Poland Test Would Be a Test of NATO’s Political Nerve
Reported US warnings to Warsaw point to a limited Russian provocation rather than a conventional invasion. The aim would be to fracture NATO decision-making, weaken support for Ukraine, and expose uncertainty over Washington’s response. Reported American warnings to Warsaw that…
Collective Defence: A Clear Signal from Washington Strengthens Europe’s Eastern Shield
Few regions illustrate the value of collective defence more vividly than the Baltic states. Sharing borders with Russia and Belarus, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania occupy NATO’s most exposed frontier. Against that backdrop, General Chris Donahue’s unequivocal assurance that the United…