The Trump administration is pushing for NATO member nations to increase their financial contributions to the defense alliance from 2% of GDP to 5%.. It would be a gargantuan increase for European ...

Ukraine can ill-afford 50 more days of days of aerial strikes and a likely ground offensive in the Sumy region. It is, in ...

French President Emmanuel Macron met German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin on Wednesday as they sought to present a ...

In a joint announcement, NATO members agreed to meet the five percent commitment by 2035, with 3.5 percent of their respective GDP allocated to defense requirements.Additionally, the alliance ...

Rutte runs NATO headquarters, trying to foster consensus and to speak on behalf of all members. NATO’s military headquarters is based nearby in Mons, Belgium. It is always run by a top U.S. officer.

NATO is unlikely to provide a peacekeeping force for Ukraine due to Russia’s refusal to accept Western forces, and a peacekeeping force would require a mutually acceptable agreement between R… ...

NATO established the 2% guideline at the 2014 Wales Summit, not long after Russia’s initial invasion of Ukraine, and members began upping their contributions at then-President Obama's urging in ...

1 / 7 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Soldiers with the 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain), 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain), Vermont National Guard, dismantle a ...

USAID works with other agencies across the federal government, including the State Department and the Department of Defense, to further U.S. national interests as critical instruments of national ...

Finland has taken control of an oil tanker allegedly belonging to Russia's so-called "shadow fleet" after the vessel was suspected of damaging up to five submarine cables on Christmas Day.