Prepping for War With Russia on the Ice and Snow
President Trump may be turning relations with NATO and Russia inside out, but winter war games revealed that two militaries’ cooperation was unchanged.
Trump Treats European Allies as a Cash Cow
President Trump has shown a willingness to fracture the trans-Atlantic alliance with his tariffs and demands for higher military spending.
How Trump Supercharged Distrust, Driving U.S. Allies Away
Trust is very hard to build and easy to destroy. America and its partners are caught in a spiral of distrust.
A NATO Plane Tracks and Dodges Russia in the Baltic Sea
The assignment was part of a new program aimed at suspected Russian sabotage. None has occurred since NATO began patrols.
As Tensions Escalate Between Trump and Europe, Meloni Is Caught in the Middle
Each new crisis, whether over Ukraine or tariffs, has made the Italian prime minister’s balancing act that much harder.
Trump Is Giving Europe Vertigo, and Not Just About Ukraine
The split between Europe and the United States over how to end the war is exposing a new, disorienting reality for an alliance in trouble.
Search for Missing US Soldiers in Lithuania Continues as Crews Work to Extract Vehicle
The search in dense, muddy swampland came after the U.S. Army vehicle disappeared in a waterlogged area on Tuesday.
Europe Talks Tough on Military Spending, but Unity Is Fracturing
European leaders are struggling to find the money and the political will to replace the bulk of the U.S. contribution to Ukraine and to their own defense.
Keir Starmer Talks Trump, Russia-Ukraine War and the Fragile Europe-US Alliance
The British prime minister said in a series of conversations that the tectonic shifts in America’s relationship with Europe and Russia had to be a ‘galvanizing moment.’
Germany, ‘Orphaned’ by U.S., Shakes Off the Shock and Stirs to Action
No country in Europe is as much a product of enlightened postwar American diplomacy. Now adrift, it has begun to reckon with a new world.