Section: The Huffington Post (USA)
NATO ‘A Fundamental Bedrock’, Trump’s Defense Secretary Tells Nervous Allies
President Donald Trump’s defense secretary sought to reassure NATO of steadfast U.S. support at talks in Brussels on Wednesday, as nervous European allies tried to look past Trump’s rhetoric and the turmoil within his administration.Jim Mattis, on his debut trip to Europe as Pentagon chief, said the president firmly backed the North...
Donald Trump Is Giving The Phrase ‘Multipolar World’ New Meaning
America Third Cross-posted with TomDispatch.comIf there’s a single consistent aspect to Donald Trump’s strategic vision, it’s this: U.S. foreign policy should always be governed by the simple principle of “America First,” with this country’s vital interests placed above those of all others. “We will always put...
NATO Sees Sharp Rise In Russian Disinformation Since Crimea Seizure
NATO accused Russia of escalating a disinformation campaign since the Kremlin’s 2014 seizure of Ukraine’s Crimea region, saying Russian websites such as Sputnik and RT had posted false stories, the alliance’s spokeswoman said on Saturday.There is increasing concern among senior NATO and European Union officials over...
How to Put America First–While Engaging the Rest of the World
Only Donald Trump would attempt to rescue the phrase “America First” from its slightly discreditable heritage. Unfortunately, his sales job has been incomplete and unconvincing. Now someone needs to rescue the same phrase from his crabbed, negative meaning. The dominant foreign policy vision animating left and right in recent years...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Stops Funding Magazine Critical Of Russia
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a U.S. government-funded news organization, has cut funding for The Interpreter magazine, an online publication that has critically covered Russia. Michael Weiss, a Daily Beast senior editor who also serves as editor-in-chief of The Interpreter, told The Huffington Post that RFE/RL’s management made the...
Russians Who Once Protested Putin Have This Advice For Americans Troubled By Trump
MOSCOW ― “Rossiya bez Putina!” “Rossiya bez Putina!” “Russia without Putin!” “Russia without Putin!”In today’s Putin-dominated world, it’s difficult to imagine a time when chants calling for a Russia sans Vladimir could be a reality, when the Russian president wasn’t automatically deemed a force for global order (or disorder)....
NATO Allies Lock In U.S. Support For Stand-Off With Russia
Immediately after Donald Trump was elected, U.S. diplomats urged Lithuania to rush through an agreement to keep American troops on its soil, reflecting alarm that the new, Russia-friendly U.S. president might try to stop more deployments in Europe.The agreement was signed just a few days before Trump’s inauguration, according to a document...
Russia’s Lavrov Praises Trump’s Approach On Ukraine
Russia’s foreign minister on Tuesday praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s approach to the Ukraine crisis, saying it marked a big improvement from that of his predecessor Barack Obama, in comments likely to worry Kiev.Kiev’s forces have been battling pro-Russian separatists in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine for nearly...
Instead of Relying on America, Maybe Europe should Create its own Nuclear Deterrent
After spending a quarter century treating NATO as an international social club to which every reasonably civilized European nation should belong, the alliance has begun to focus again on its original role as a military alliance. Rather than expect the U.S. to burnish NATO’s nuclear deterrent, European nations should consider expanding their...
Trump, Putin & Khamenei; Countdown to Confrontation?
Ominous headlines across the globe trumpet that the Trump Administration and Iran on a collision course. To what end, and for what strategic objective? Hard to decipher the Trump tea leaves given the merger of Twitter and national security. Mr. Trump and his White House team have been ratcheting up the tweets and rhetoric against Iran since his...
