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The 59th Munich Security Conference — to be held from Friday to Sunday — comes at a time when the world has reached a turning point due to not just the Russia-Ukraine conflict, whose end doesn’t seem anywhere in sight, but more importantly the US’ effort to divide the world. The Munich Security Report 2023…
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In the corridors of power in Stockholm and Helsinki, the champagne is on ice. After just three months, 28 out of 30 NATO states have ratified the treaty changes in their national parliaments that would approve membership for Finland and Sweden; while 24 nations have already deposited the new paperwork in Washington. But there are…
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Russia said on Saturday that the accelerated deployment of modernised US B61 tactical nuclear weapons at NATO bases in Europe would lower the “nuclear threshold” and that Moscow would take the move into account in its military planning. The United States told a closed NATO meeting this month that it would accelerate the deployment of…
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NATO Show of force as B-52s fly over Stockholm (Video) American B-52 bombers symbolically flew over Stockholm at low altitude on Friday, as part of the intensification of joint exercises organised after Sweden applied to join NATO. Accompanied by Swedish Air Force Gripen fighters, two US Air Force B-52s flew over the Nordic capital around…
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US Senators delivered overwhelming bipartisan approval to NATO membership for Finland and Sweden Wednesday, calling expansion of the Western defensive bloc a “slam-dunk” for US national security and a day of reckoning for Russian President Vladimir Putin over his invasion of Ukraine. Wednesday’s 95-1 vote — for the candidacy of two Western European nations that,…
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Republican Sen. Mitt Romney suggested in a New York Times essay that “NATO could engage” in Ukraine, “potentially obliterating Russia’s struggling military” as an option against Russian President Vladimir Putin were he to deploy nuclear weapons. The Utah senator also suggested that the West confront China and other Russian-allied nations with an ultimatum. “You are either with…
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Finnish President Sauli Niinisto on Monday thanked the U.S. for supporting Finland’s NATO membership after meeting with a group of visiting U.S. senators, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Niinisto officially announced Finland’s application for NATO membership on Sunday. Apart from McConnell, the U.S. delegation also included senators Susan Collins, John Barrasso and John Cornyn. China says…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked NATO allies Thursday for continued help in his fight against Russia’s invasion but did not repeat his recurring request for a “no-fly” zone, according to the White House. Zelenskyy addressed the NATO summit by video from Ukraine, speaking shortly after the emergency summit was opened by NATO Secretary General Jens…
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LEWIS HAMILTON has called for “non-biased stewards” ahead of the 2022 Formula One season. The seven-time British world champion hopes future decisions made by officials are not influenced by their friendship with drivers. Hamilton said: “We need to make sure we get non-biased stewards. “Race drivers, some are very, very good friends with certain individuals, some…
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High-stakes diplomacy continued on Friday in a bid to avert a war in Eastern Europe. The urgent efforts come as 100,000 Russian troops are massed near Ukraine’s border and the Biden administration worries that Russian President Vladimir Putin will mount some sort of invasion within weeks. Here are things to know about the international tensions surrounding Ukraine.…
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President Joe Biden cast a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine in stark historical terms Tuesday, saying, “it would be the largest invasion since World War II.” “It would change the world,” said Biden, if the tens of thousands of Russian troops who have been amassing on the Russian-Ukrainian border were to launch an incursion into…
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In the years ahead, Ukraine will be the geopolitical black hole of Europe, which will only serve to strengthen the American position in the negotiations with Russia. The final phase of the geopolitical reorganization of the world has begun, in which, unfortunately, nothing but painful cuts, birth pangs and extreme uncertainty can be expected. A…
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Russia on Friday called a U.S. decision to not rejoin the Open Skies arms control pact, which allows unarmed surveillance flights over member countries, a political mistake that strikes a sour note ahead of a summit, Russian news agencies reported. Sergei Ryabkov, Russia’s deputy foreign minister, was quoted by the RIA news agency on Friday…
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Russia warned on Thursday that a serious escalation in the conflict in Donbass could “destroy” Ukraine as NATO voiced concern over what it said was a big Russian military build-up near eastern Ukraine. Unverified social media footage has suggested Russia has been moving large quantities of tanks, armoured personnel carriers and other equipment to regions that border Ukraine as…
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President Donald Trump wasted no time taking a poke at his French host Friday as he arrived in Paris for events marking the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I, tweeting as he landed that President Emmanuel Macron had made an “insulting” proposal to build up Europe’s military to counter the…
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Turkey’s central bank took action Monday to free up cash for banks as the country grapples with a currency crisis sparked by concerns over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s economic policies and a trade and diplomatic dispute with the United States. The Turkish lira has nosedived over the past week, accelerating a months-long decline, and tumbled…
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