NATO

  • Jun 12, 2017
  • 2 min read

Budget woes will slow Canada's hard power build-up

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants to upgrade the Canadian military and take on a UN peacekeeping role

Canada
  • Jun 8, 2017
  • 2 min read

Delays will dampen Canada defence uptick

Ottawa has proposed significant military spending increases to reflect a more activist international role

Canada
  • Jun 6, 2017
  • 1 min read

Perceived threat will shape Balkan NATO defence spend

Only Romania and Greece meet the NATO goal of spending 2% of GDP on defence, the former anxious about Russian intentions

Balkans
  • May 30, 2017
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Trump’s Germany criticism will sap US soft power in EU

Berlin’s disdain for the new administration in Washington has set the leading transatlantic powers against each other

United States
  • May 25, 2017
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NATO joining anti-IS alliance will be symbolic

All NATO members are already taking part in the US-led coalition

NATO
  • May 8, 2017
  • 2 min read

Action on Afghan Islamic State promises modest gain

Another top leader of Islamic State in Afghanistan has been eliminated in counterinsurgency operations

Afghanistan
  • Apr 28, 2017
  • 2 min read

Trump’s NATO ire will focus on Germany

Trump described the alliance during his campaign as fraught with free-riding allies, but his positions are shifting

NATO
  • Mar 20, 2017
  • 2 min read

UK troops in Estonia must watch their discipline

NATO troops in the Baltics and Poland must guard against Russian-inspired attempts to discredit them among locals

Estonia