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Can the United States Go it Alone? The Real Cost of a Post-NATO Defense Strategy
As the NATO summit took place July 7th through 8th in Ankara, American pressure on European leaders to meet increased defense spending benchmarks took...
Is NATO Preparing for a Long War With Russia?
In the shadows cast by the protracted conflict in the Middle East, the 32 member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) gathered...
Why Turkey Is Now Indispensable to the Future of NATO
Turkey's emergence as NATO's indispensable partner in 2026 is not a product of Erdogan's charm or Trump's personal loyalties, it is the strategic payoff...
Is the Pledge to spend 5% on Defense a NATO Suicide Pact?
Economically it is fair to ask how long the Americans, set on their current fiscal path, will be able to support their current defense...
What Canada’s TKMS Deal Means for the Indo-Pacific
During the July 2026 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Ankara, Prime Minister Carney announced Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) as Canada’s primary...
Mistaking an Army for a Creed: NATO, Trump, and the Future of Liberal Internationalism
The NATO Ankara summit is a eulogy for one model of liberal internationalism. It should become the cradle of a better one.
Donald Trump went...
NATO Braces for More Trump Turbulence After Summit
NATO leaders emerged from their summit in Ankara relieved that U.S. President Donald Trump reaffirmed Washington's commitment to the alliance, but European officials acknowledge...
Can Trump’s NATO visit reset U.S.-Turkey ties?
Turkey emerged as one of the biggest diplomatic winners from the NATO summit in Ankara after President Donald Trump lavished praise on Turkish President...
How the Ankara Summit Became the Most Important NATO Meeting
The spending commitments, the Ukraine pledges, the bilateral deals that summits are supposed to produce were all delivered at the Ankara summit; but the...
Can Trump ‘Cut Off All Trade’ With Spain?
U. S. President Trump expressed his intention to impose a trade embargo on Spain, instructing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to "cut off all trade....