After the Soviet Union broke up, NATO began forming friendships with former Soviet countries that were becoming independent states. Many of those countries eventually joined NATO. In addition to being allies in defense, the countries also make decisions on a variety of issues and work together ...
Türkiye and the EU also agreed to continue stepping up measures against migrant smugglers and welcomed the establishment of the NATO activity on the Aegean Sea. At the same time Türkiye and the EU recognised that ‘further, swift and determined efforts are needed’.Footnote 13 The EU-Turkey ...
Ukraine's constitutionally enshrined goal to become a NATO member encourages the state to more intensively explore and utilise the experience of the countries that have recently joined the Alliance, i.e. the countries of the Western Balk... V Martyniuk - 《Diplomatic Ukraine》 被引量: 0发表: ...
While the ‘divide and rule’ thesis has become a popular explanation in Western Europe, not everyone agrees. First, Chinese and CEE representatives have regularly emphasized that their relations are in line with the EU-China partnership and should not be seen as undermining the position of the ...
Kosovo was a province of Serbia that is made up of primarily Muslim ethnic Albanians. In 1998 fighting broke out between Serb armed forces and ethnic Albanian militias that supported independence or unification with Albania. Atrocities were committed by both sides. United States and NATO forces ...
NATO peacekeeping forces are still on the ground and focused around guarding key landmarks from attacks. I saw Italian soldiers from NATO at two of the Serbian orthodox monasteries in the western part of the country during my visit. After having visited Kosovo I feel even stronger that this ...
The Visegrad Group, comprising Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia, has several common features, including their geographical proximity, membership in the EU and NATO, and similar levels of economic development. However, they also have significant differences. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has ex...
This abstention would have the effect of freeing Austrian troops that would otherwise have been needed to guard the Austrian-Italian border. When the treaty was renewed in February 1887, Italy gained an empty promise of German support of Italian colonial ambitions in North Africa in return for ...