TALLINN, (Reuters) – Estonia’s president has nominated Juri Ratas, the new leader of a centre-left, traditionally pro-Russian party, as prime minister who promised to leave foreign policy unchanged in a region worried about possible Russian aggression. Concerns in the Baltics and wider
European Union (EU) leaders have used a summit with President Barack Obama in Berlin to reaffirm sanctions against Russia and snub Donald Trump on globalisation, NATO, and climate change.
(REUTERS) – The European Union agreed on Tuesday to increase its military research budget for the first time since 2010 after Britain softened its opposition, a breakthrough that may signal British support for defence co-operation even once outside the bloc.
PODGORICA, Montenegro – For the first time in more than six years, Israel was allowed to participate in a NATO exercise this week.
Britain will warn NATO allies in the European Union to pay their “fair share” on defence, with only THREE other EU countries meeting their obliged minimum two per cent contribution last year.
(Reuters) – Germany’s Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen described Donald Trump’s gains in the U.S. presidential election as a “huge shock” on Wednesday and asked him for assurances on his commitment to NATO. Von der Leyen told broadcaster ARD
Being a member of the Taliban is not a justification for U.S. troops to attack a terrorist in Afghanistan, even as the terrorist group expands its territorial control across the war-ravaged nation and security conditions continue to deteriorate.
A Russian missile design company has revealed an image of Russia’s newest weapon: the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, nicknamed “Satan 2.”
America’s NATO ally Turkey launched airstrikes against Kurdish fighters allied with a U.S.-backed militia in Syria, a testament to the growing rift between Ankara and Washington over the war against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in the Middle East.
PODGORICA, Oct 16 (Reuters) – Montenegro’s ruling party faced a tough test in national elections on Sunday, hoping its promise to bring the country into NATO and closer to the European Union will outweigh opposition allegations of corruption. Prime Minister
Russia’s ambassador to the UN said that tensions with the United States are probably the worst since the 1973 Yom Kippur War, when Moscow and Washington took opposing sides in the conflict.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered a halt to an agreement with the United States on plutonium disposal, citing Washington’s “unfriendly actions”.
(REUTERS) – The European Union’s executive wants to boost the bloc’s joint defence and security with an initial investment of 90 million euros (£77.5 million) in research, marking a turning point after years of cuts.
(REUTERS) – France and Germany will make the case for the European Union’s most ambitious defence plan in almost two decades on Tuesday, aiming to persuade sceptical easterners and avoid a showdown with Britain over its military future outside the bloc.
Last Wednesday, in his ‘State of the Union’ address, the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker attempted to put forward an upbeat vision of the EU. Largely ignoring the Brexit-sized elephant, Juncker instead chose to stick to his tried and tested approach: “The European
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has chosen to drop the charges against thousands of people indicted for the crime of insulting him.
The United States is committed to bringing the perpetrators of the attempted coup against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to justice, President Barack Obama said Sunday.
In a scene reminiscent of the “Ship of Fools” in Plato’s “Republic” and displaying the worst of two-tier Europe cliquishness, “core” EU leaders: Italian PM Renzi, French President Hollande and German Chancellor Merkel aboard an Italian aircraft carrier announced their
Beirut, Lebanon – Turkish shelling and airstrikes killed at least 40 Syrians on Sunday, a monitor said, in the first significant civilian casualties in Turkey’s intensifying campaign in northern Syria.
KARKAMIS, Turkey – Rebels supported by Turkey fought Kurdish-backed forces in north Syria on Saturday, as Ankara ratcheted up its cross-border offensive by saying it had launched air strikes against both Kurdish forces and ISIS. Turkey’s government, which is fighting
Germany’s military is preparing to pull out from a Turkish airbase as a row between the two NATO partners escalates, Der Spiegel magazine reported Thursday.
Lithuania on Monday signed a deal for German-made armoured vehicles intended to boost its defence capabilities, as it seeks to allay concerns of a military resurgence of Russia on its doorstep.
The leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party has refused to say whether he would defend a NATO ally if one was invaded by Russia.
U.S. nuclear weapons are being moved out of Turkey as the country destabilises, and as relations between Ankara and Washington, D.C. deteriorate, according to sources speaking to the Euractiv website. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the sources decided to speak
Russia has accused Ukraine of trying to sneak armed saboteurs into Crimea, a charge Ukraine rejects as Russian propaganda and possibly a pretext for a larger Russian military operation against them.
Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, joined Breitbart News Daily with SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon to talk about the anti-Trump open letter that 50 Republican national security leaders signed.
The rebels’ military gains in the battle of Aleppo increased Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s position ahead of his meeting on Tuesday with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, an Arab intelligence official told Breitbart Jerusalem.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s much anticipated meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin seems to have gone extremely well.
President Barack Obama asserted that it was impossible for the United States to lose the war with the Islamic State, but cautioned Americans against defeating themselves in the war by betraying American values.
General John Allen, Hillary Clinton’s shill for national defense is throwing stones while standing in a glass house. His attacks against Donald Trump include a tirade that a President Trump would cause a civil-military crisis.
U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told the Aspen Security Forum on Thursday that Turkey’s purge of the military, after the coup that failed to overthrow President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is hindering efforts to fight the Islamic State (ISIS).
PHILADELPHIA – Notoriously missing from Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech here at the Democratic National Convention was a list of any significant accomplishments from her time as Secretary of State.
Thursday on Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” former Clinton Administration Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s comments about making sure NATO members pay their fair share were “dangerous and hysterical.” Albright said, “NATO is
Though the egg on Debbie Wasserman Shultz’s face is still dripping from the DNC WikiLeaks email scandal, Hillary Clinton’s campaign is addressing the recent WikiLeaks email crisis the only way it knows how – shifting blame. But rather than the butler, this time Hillary is pointing her finger at the Bolsheviks.
Turkey has dismissed nearly 1,700 military personnel and closed more than 130 media outlets, official sources said on Wednesday, amid a deepening crackdown that has stirred alarm among Ankara’s NATO allies following this month’s failed coup.
Appearing on Thursday’s Breitbart News Daily with SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton addressed the “famous email flap” from Donald Trump’s press conference on Wednesday.
Turkish media loyal to the regime of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have decided to pin the aborted coup attempt on a retired U.S. Army general and former NATO commander, Gen. J.F. Campbell, who says he has not traveled outside the United States in months and was having a beer with Geraldo on the day of the coup.
For full disclosure: I know more than most about the intersection between the Republican presidential candidate and national security.
On Thursday’s Breitbart News Daily, former New York mayor, and onetime Republican presidential candidate, Rudy Giuliani said he was “not really concerned” about Donald Trump’s expression of conditional support for NATO to the New York Times.
Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton appeared on Thursday’s Breitbart News Daily with SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon to offer his assessment of Ted Cruz’s speech at the Republican National Convention.
