Sweden's membership is being discussed at the NATO summit this week. Map of NATO countries NATO has 31 member countries, highlighted in dark blue, and is expected to have Sweden, in light blue, join the alliance. CBS News What does NATO do? As NATO members, the nations "agree th...
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What is not in dispute: Gorbachev later agreed to withdraw from East Germany in exchange for financial concessions, in a treaty that did not place limits on the future expansion of NATO. "But there's this residual bit...
Today, any European country can join NATO as long as it accepts the commitments and obligations of membership (more on that shortly). Since 2016, for instance, Ukraine has worked with NATO through the Comprehensive Assistance Package and receives support of NATO allies according to NATO standards...
Harris’ closing message was subtle — inviting everyone to join in on the “next great chapter.” “Let’s get out there. Let’s vote for it,” Harris said. “Together, let us write the next great chapter in the most extraordinary story ever told.” Lead Art: Vice Preside...
When the founding members drafted the original treaty, there were disagreements on how many countries should join. The United Kingdom wanted to keep the NATO small and strong, but the United States wanted to include smaller, weaker countries — those more likely to succumb to the Soviets. Franc...
It explores the reasons why Canada did not join the US-led coalition to overthrow the regime of Saddam Hussein in 2003, a decision that is an anomaly in post-Cold War Canadian foreign policy.doi:10.1080/11926422.2012.662615Kenneth M. Hollandsupa/supsup*/sup...
The secretive Kovalchuk — a banker and media mogul who the US says manages Putin’s personal finances — almost never speaks in public and did not reply to a request for comment. People who know him say he shares a passion for Russian imperial revanchism with his older brother Mikhail, a...
◆Zenz's "paper" on "forced sterilization" in Xinjiang was quoted by former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who cited Zenz's name and "paper" to level his genocide allegation. This "paper" was also cited by the Associated Press, CNN and others, who apparently did no reality check at...
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