German politicians on Tuesday threatened to expel U.S. Ambassador Richard Grenell over his sharp criticism of Germany’s low defense spending. Grenell took Germany to task for failing to meet its own spending goals, let alone its commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
NATO members increased their defense spending over the course of 2018 following pressure from the United States, yet just six countries are meeting targets set last year by President Donald Trump.
The United States must “pay attention” to “routine” joint military operations in Europe by growing allies Russia and China, the top American commander in the region told a House panel on Wednesday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has backed the suggestion by her anointed successor to pursue a joint European aircraft carrier, a major symbol of military capability only operated by a handful of nations worldwide.
President Donald Trump, in an exclusive Oval Office interview with Breitbart News on Monday afternoon, said he does not want immigrants coming to the United States to be dependent on welfare programs.
Victor Davis Hanson likened President Donald Trump to “chemotherapy” used to cure the “cancer” of America’s “permanent political class.”
The United States should refuse to sell its high-tech F-35 warplane and other weapons systems to NATO ally Turkey if Ankara moves forward with the purchase of the S-400 missile system from Russia, Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, the head of U.S. European Command (EUCOM), suggested this week.
The risk of Islamic terrorism in Europe “remains high” despite a dramatic drop in fatalities from terrorist attacks last year, the top American commander in the region warned on Tuesday while European leaders grapple with the wave of battle-hardened jihadis returning home to the continent as the so-called Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) territorial caliphate collapses.
The top U.S. commander in Europe on Tuesday declared that American and NATO troops could not yet mount a credible deterrence against Russian aggression, noting the Kremlin’s efforts to modernize its armed forces are eroding the United States’ military advantage in Europe.
Shanahan had a rocky meeting with U.S. senators at a security conference in Munich, Germany, that could jeopardize his chance to become permanent defense secretary.
Former Vice President Joe Biden, who is mulling a 2020 presidential run, trashed Trump administration policies on an international stage in Munich during the weekend.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) congratulated President Trump for destroying the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria’s caliphate, at the Munich Security Conference on Friday.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – The Norwegian Intelligence Service says GPS signal disruption as seen during major NATO drills in Norway last year “is of particular concern” for the military and “is also a threat to civil aviation in peacetime.” The
The woman largely expected to take over as chancellor of Germany has echoed calls by her mentor Angela Merkel and French ally Emmanuel Macron for a “European army” to avoid becoming a “plaything” of Russia, China, and the United States on the global stage.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is to host a key meeting in London in December, an event which will bring dozens of government and state leaders from allied nations across to the world to the British capital just months after the United Kingdom officially departs the European Union.
Footage has emerged of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn slamming the “empire” of the European Union and its habit of re-running popular referendums until it gets its way.
Having already admitted it would fail to meet the two per cent of GDP spent on defence it promised in 2014, Germany is now set to likely miss even its reduced target in news that will doubtless do nothing to ease tensions between Chancellor Merkel and U.S. President Trump, who is pushing for fellow NATO members to pull their own weight.
Russia angrily denounced Trump’s withdrawal from the INF Treaty. So much for collusion. Now Democrats must explain why they oppose NATO.
The strategic relationship between Russia and China, long marred by tensions and mutual suspicions, is “likely to strengthen” further in 2019 as both countries seek to upend the “liberal democratic model” across the globe and counter U.S. objectives, warned the U.S. intelligence community (IC) in its latest Worldwide Threat Assessment released on Tuesday.
Stephen Cohen said the “Russiagate fiction” may prevent Donald Trump from negotiating peaceful resolutions to conflicts with Russia.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Friday canceled a visit to Afghanistan, accusing the White House of leaking commercial travel plans to the war zone after President Donald Trump denied her and other Democrats access to a military aircraft for a seven-day foreign trip.
During an appearance on Tuesday’s CNN “New Day,” Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) reacted to The New York Times report that President Donald Trump has discussed pulling the United States of America out of NATO. Speier said if Trump were to withdraw from
One in five British Army personnel are not fit to or otherwise cannot be deployed overseas, while the force is still 5,000 recruits short of its “tiny” 82,000-man target.
U.S. President Donald Trump has rejected criticism his approval ratings in foreign countries are low, pointing out that he was elected by the United States, and if he pursued policies that were popular in European capitals he’d be failing in his job as President.
Lawmakers in Turkey on Tuesday approved a measure to extend the nation’s deployment of forces in Afghanistan for another two years as part of the U.S.-NATO mission against jihadi groups there.
Erdogan’s empowerment in the framework of the U.S. withdrawal from Syria is by far the largest negative consequence of the move.
The Trump administration is “actively considering plans” for a significant drawdown of American troops in Afghanistan that could begin as soon as several weeks from now, according to a report.
WASHINGTON — The United States said Wednesday it approved the sale of $3.5 billion in missiles to Turkey, offering an ultimatum after US outrage over the NATO ally’s plans to buy from Russia.
The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russia intends to proceed with delivering S-400 anti-aircraft missiles to Turkey even though the Turks are also buying U.S. Patriot missile systems and have reportedly given American technical personnel access to the Russian weapons.
The U.S. Navy deployed its guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell near Russia-contested waters in the Sea of Japan on Wednesday as it begun taking the necessary steps to sail a warship into the Black Sea, west of Russia, amid increased tensions in the wake of the Kremlin’s seizure of three Ukrainian military vessels.
