Section: US & Canada
Why President Obama’s Visit to Estonia Really Matters
This post was co-authored with András Simonyi. President Obama’s brief stopover in Tallinn en route to the NATO Summit in Wales this week couldn’t have been be any timelier. Showing up in person matters a lot to the Balts who are increasingly feeling the heat after Russia’s invasion of Crimea and subsequent aggression in Eastern...
Fisher: NATO looks for Harper’s tough talk to be backed by action, defence spending
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has a chance to prove that he is not “all hat and no cattle” at the NATO leaders’ summit in Wales this week. No other leader in the 28-country trans-Atlantic alliance has condemned Vladimir Putin’s military adventure in Ukraine more harshly and more persistently than Harper has. However, paradoxically,...
Analyst: Response To Russian Incursion Will Be ‘Defining Moment’ For NATO
President Obama heads to Europe this week to take part in the NATO summit. The alliance is weighing how to respond to Russia’s incursions into Ukraine.» E-Mail This …read more Source:...
NATO Calls For Response Force Along Eastern Borders Of Member States Ahead Of Summit
As the crisis in Ukraine escalates, NATO plans to build up forces along the eastern borders of its member states to guard against potential Russian aggression. NATO leaders will be asked this week to approve the formation of a high readiness force along with the stockpiling of military supplies and equipment to protect member states in response...
NATO to Create a Rapid-Response Force for Eastern Europe, Officials Say
NATO leaders are expected to respond to increased Russian intervention in Ukraine by establishing a force capable of deploying quickly to Eastern Europe. …read more Source: The New York...
Ukraine talks begin; Russia seeks ‘peaceful settlement’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said military won’t intervene. …read more Source: USA...
Ukraine troops forced to retreat as official warns of ‘great war’ with Russia
Ukrainian troops suffered a reversal on the battlefield Monday as the country’s defense minister warned that it’s now waging a “great war” with Russia in which tens of thousands will die. …read more Source: New York Daily...
NATO to Create New ‘Spearhead’ Force in Response to Russian Threat
NATO leaders will respond to the Ukraine crisis by agreeing this week to create a “spearhead” rapid reaction force, potentially including several thousand troops, that could be sent to a hotspot in as little as two days, officials said on Monday. The 28-nation alliance already has a rapid reaction force but U.S. President Barack Obama...
Putin urges Europeans to have ‘common sense’ over sanctions threat
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin urged the EU on Monday to show “common sense” and not to engage in mutually destructive sanctions, in his first reaction to the threat of additional punitive measures over Ukraine.”I hope that common sense will prevail… that we will work together normally and that we...
NATO preparing high-readiness force to counter Russia
Even though Moscow-backed rebels lowered peace talk demands in Ukraine, Russia’s aggression there has made Europe ready itself for worse …read more Source:...
