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US expelled two Russian diplomats from Washington: media report
The United States expelled two Russian diplomats in response to an attack on an American diplomat in Moscow. U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby said two Russian officials – who have not been named – were told to leave the country on June 17, the BBC reported Saturday. Earlier last month, on June 6, a Russian policeman attacked the U.S....
Obama gives worried allies a pep talk at NATO summit
WARSAW — NATO leaders took pains Friday to demonstrate common resolve at the outset of a two-day summit overshadowed by concerns over European unity and alliance divisions about how to counter Russia’s territorial grabs. “This will be a landmark summit and the decisions we are going to take together will once again confirm that Europe and...
New chess game between NATO and Russia
The big topic of discussion at NATO’s biannual summit in Warsaw Friday and Saturday is how the Alliance ought to respond to a newly aggressive Russia. Another way to put it: A2AD, that “terrible acronym,” in the words of Douglas Lute, the U.S. Ambassador to NATO. A2AD stands for Anti-Access Area Denial, and this military jargon captures the...
Russian state media: NATO like a ‘kindergarten teacher’
As leaders from the 28-member NATO alliance gather in Poland, Russian state media has pounced on comments by German Chancellor Angela Merkel that security in Europe can only be ensured by keeping Moscow on-side. The military alliance’s posture toward Russia since its annexation of Crimea in 2014 has been increasingly aggressive....
Cyprus MPs call for lifting of Russia sanctions
The Cypriot parliament has asked to government to work for the end of the EU sanctions on Russia. MPs from the president’s party did not vote. …read more Source:...
NATO tries to flex under Trump, Brexit cloud
WARSAW — President Barack Obama and his top national security advisers are in Poland to rally NATO countries around the threat of Russia and the fight against the Islamic State as they try to re-energize the Alliance in the face of isolationist movements on both sides of the Atlantic. The two-day NATO summit comes amid populist unrest in the...
NATO’s Germany problem
BERLIN — When NATO’s faithful gather to discuss the Alliance’s latest challenge, a flurry of adjectives fills the air — mercurial, unpredictable, self-righteous. The object of the frustration isn’t the bloc’s longtime nemesis to the east, however. It’s Germany. As many Alliance members become increasingly nervous...
Poland’s ‘powerholic’
ARSAW — Jarosław Kaczyński’s office is located on the first floor of a ramshackle building in central Warsaw. There’s a pool hall in the basement and a Japanese restaurant around the corner. The simple sign on the glass door reads only, “The office of member of parliament Jarosław Kaczyński.” Everyone knows not to knock without prior...
NATO should not abandon Georgia
The U.K.’s referendum to leave the European Union sent political shockwaves across Europe and has cast a shadow of uncertainty on the future of the European project. But the Continent’s lack of strategic vision could have especially dangerous consequences for those still seeking to join its ranks — and for Georgia especially. Georgia...
The Russia factor at the NATO summit
The elephant in the room at this week’s NATO summit will be Russia. Deterrence options on the table in Warsaw, including the presence of NATO forces in Eastern Europe, are attempts to respond to the Alliance’s biggest, most unpredictable neighbor. But when NATO leaders sit down to discuss relations with Russia, don’t expect any...
