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NATO allies bow to Trump’s 5% defence demand in historic rearmament pledge
THE HAGUE (Realist English). NATO member states have formally agreed to increase defence spending to 5% of GDP by 2035,...
NATO chief hails Trump’s defence spending push: ‘Europe will pay in a BIG way’
THE HAGUE (Realist English). NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has privately applauded President Donald Trump for his role in pushing European...
“The world has changed”: Italian defense chief slams NATO and UN
PADUA (Realist English). Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto delivered a stark assessment of NATO and the European Union on Friday,...
Georgia reaffirms NATO aspirations despite Russian pressure and wavering Western support
TBILISI (Realist English). Georgian Foreign Minister Maka Bochorishvili has reiterated her country’s determination to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization...
A base for the repair of NATO military equipment opened in Poland
POWIDZ (Realist English). The Polish Ministry of Defense announced the opening of a military logistics and equipment complex in the city...
A new defense minister has been appointed in Germany
BERLIN (Realist English). German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht resigned amid sharp criticism of Berlin's reaction to the Ukrainian crisis. 57-year-old...
Rule of law or NATO’s primacy? Sweden rejected Erdogan’s latest demand
STOCKHOLM (Realist English). Sweden believes that Turkey demands the impossible in exchange for the permission to join NATO — for...
Ukraine’s aspiration to NATO has a long history — former U.S. Ambassador to Kiev
KIEV (Realist English). NATO is now expanding, taking Sweden and Finland into its membership, this is a good moment and...
Boris Johnson may become the next NATO Secretary General — The Telegraph
LONDON (Realist English). The notorious British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who brought the country to a socio-economic crisis with his...
FBI launches criminal investigation into former CIA and FBI chiefs over 2016 Russia probe
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened criminal investigations into former CIA Director John Brennan and former...
Roman Starovoit and the collapse of a technocratic glossy dream
MOSCOW (Realist English). I can’t stop thinking about the story of Roman Starovoit. If you think about it, the former...
Putin calls for deeper BRICS cooperation and new financial infrastructure at Rio summit
RIO DE JANEIRO (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin called for stronger integration among BRICS nations and greater independence from...
Elon Musk announces launch of third party after fallout with Trump
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk announced on Saturday the formation of a new political force — the America...
Roman Starovoit and the collapse of a technocratic glossy dream
MOSCOW (Realist English). I can’t stop thinking about the story of Roman Starovoit. If you think about it, the former...
Bezos’s Venetian wedding: a manifesto of new feudalism
VENICE (Realist English). When Jeff Bezos rents half of Venice for a $50 million wedding, it is more than the...
Not Mossad’s strength — but Iran’s weakness
TBILISI (Realist English). The recent targeted assassinations of senior IRGC commanders and high-ranking Iranian officers are not simply the triumph...
The Church belongs to Christ, not to politicians: The Armenian Apostolic Church becomes a casualty of Yerevan’s political agony
YEREVAN (Realist English). First, they handed over part of the Holy Land to the Baku fascists, betraying the Armenians of...
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