and collaboration with the U.S. side to implement the "Indo-Pacific Strategy" harm China's interests and disrupt peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific. This has already been questioned and rejected by regional countries, the spokesperson
That discourse, rather than heralding war, Baunov said, was meant to deter Western countries from intervening in Syria and in particular perhaps was meant to prevent the U.S. from responding too strongly to suspected Russian interference in the U.S. elections. Moscow, he said, is trying to...
When the Cold War ended many idealists expected the Democratic ideal to take hold in former communist countries, and for a moment in time it did that, but many of the same tensions that brought a return to authoritarian governments in the 1920s, especially globalization and migration have led ...
Future F-35 training will include pilots from NATO-Finland, NATO-Germany, Singapore (one of several East Asian countries being wooed by NATO) and Switzerland (a NATO ‘partner’ but not a full member). In November 2024, the USAF admitted it was all about supporting taxpayer subsidized ...
Countries with shared security concerns are strengthening ties as competition escalates between the United States and China. Beijing has criticized NATO’s growing ties with the Indo-Pacific partners, worried that Washington may move to form a NATO-like alliance in the region. Most read The Tru...
For both countries, this means preparing the government, military, civil institutions and the public — the whole of society — for the potential of conflict. Individuals and businesses are expected to have plans to survive the initial, opening stages of a conflict or disaster, acting ...
has peacekeeping forces in 12 different countries including Mali, India, Pakistan, Cyprus and Lebanon (full list). The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is a U.N. agency that inspects the nuclear programs of nations to ensure that nuclear materials are not being diverted for military ...
“There is no agreement between allies in choosing which criteria decide the real spending effort,” he said, adding that, for example, while some countries include things like soldiers’ pensions in their accounting, others don’t. “Ultimately, they can involve very ...
NATO has sought to respond to the new order by moving towards concepts of dialogue and cooperation with former opponents in the form of such programmes as Partnership for Peace. The countries of central and eastern Europe, however, have sought full NATO membership as a more concrete guarantee ...
It involves about 10 000 military personnel from nine Allied countries – Bulgaria, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Türkiye and the United Kingdom. The exercise is planned by the Supreme Allied Command Europe (SHAPE) and is conducted by the Joint Force Command Naples ...