NATO was formed in 1949 by 12 countries, including the U.S., Canada and Western European nations. Its purpose was to ensure collective security against the Soviet Union. After the collapse of the USSR, more countries joined the alliance and it has more than doubled in size. The stated mis...
In this context, the victory plan that President Zelensky seeks to lay before the President and Congress in Washington can only appear absurd. This is the context in which we propose to discuss a very interesting document, not because it is particularly important, not b...
The prize for the West would be almost as great. Not only could Ukraine invigorate the cause of democracy, but it would also enhance European security. During 300 years ofimperialism, Russia has repeatedly been at war in Europe. Sometimes, as with Poland and Finland, it was the invader. Ot...
world war ii. while the invasion took some leaders by surprise, experts do have insight on the origins of the conflict. they say the roots of the tension can be tied to some combination of the complicated history between the two countries, russia’s ongoing tensions with nato and the ...
then in dictatorships, you can't have a super powerful military because they're the people who are going to overthrow you. So by virtue of the way that Russia works, he has to limit military power, which is not great because you're fighting a war in Ukraine against a NATO-trained ...
Even so, some Ukrainians interviewed on the NBC News last night were determined to drive the Russians out of their land. Given the military imbalance, I don’t know how anyone can believe that, even with tighter financial sanctions and new military aid from NATO countries. But nobody can ...
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Act now and help all you can even if it’s only $5. If we all chip in we can help him over this rough spot. joshua October 15, 2008 @ 1:42 pm To David : I’m from Canada, and NOBODY that I know wants to join with the U.S. ! ~ You speak of natural resources… ...
Zelenskyy also stressed that the fifth point of his plan, deploying battle-hardened Ukrainian troops in other European Nato states to help defend them, would be crucial for the continent’s long-term security as the US pivots towards Asia and redeploys troops stationed in Europe. “This is ver...