NATO

Allied nations will mostly be relieved that an unstable isolationist is no longer in the White House, but the new president's election alone won't solve long-standing challenges.

Pompeo's trips to Luxembourg and Belgium were called off at the last minute, according to Reuters, because officials there refused to meet with him.

Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), called for the democratic process to be respected.

The meaning of European "strategic autonomy," however, remains astoundingly unclear thanks to divisions within the EU—in particular, the opposing geostrategic persuasions of France and Germany.

"For NATO, cyber defence is a core part of our collective defence," an official of the U.S.-led transatlantic alliance told Newsweek in reference to a treaty article that could trigger retaliation for a massive hack affecting allies across the globe.

The alliance said that the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is the only "credible" path to nuclear disarmament.

For four years, Trump was the perfect foil for European ambitions to establish an autonomous EU foreign policy and independence from NATO.

The alliance condemned violence "especially driven by Taliban attacks" as risking the talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban.

U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison referred to Joe Biden as President-elect numerous times on Monday.

The Russian president told his defense leaders in Sochi on Tuesday that the alliance in fact increased its operations during the pandemic.

The former national security adviser said again he will not vote for Trump in the coming election, warning a second term would be damaging for the GOP.

Poland and Hungary are important allies of the United States against a decadent global liberalism that has left Western countries shells of their former selves.

Nearly four years of Trumpian "American First" has been a strain on the U.S.'s traditional alliances, with the administration often opting for unilateral action rather than co-operation.

Chris Coons is concerned at reports that the president wants to reconsider the U.S. relationship with the alliance.

The alliance's secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said that the use of such a poison was "horrific."

The Royal Navy's HMS Mersey and HMS Tyne joined NATO ships to escort the Russian vessels.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo signed a new deal this weekend through which additional American forces will be deployed to Poland.

Turkey is a very destabilizing presence in the Eastern Mediterranean region.

Only two of the next 10 highest-spending nations are rivals of the U.S.; China and Russia. But the U.S. annually spends more than twice as much as both nations combined.

Moscow has not had a major military base in the Mediterranean since Egypt ordered out Soviet forces in 1972 has. This is changing.

We must take decisive action against the threat emanating from Putin's Russia.

Persuading Germany to spend more on defense and weaning Europe off dependence on Russian energy are worthy goals, but this removal gets the Trump administration no closer to either of them.

Jens Stoltenberg made the comments as he launched the NATO 2030 initiative. He said non-alliance countries like Japan and New Zealand would need to co-operate to balance the rise of China.

Tensions with NATO are high in the Baltic Sea and Nikolai Yevmenov said in a message that six Karakurt-class corvettes would boost Russia's fleet there.

Washington is committed to Europe's security—for now.

The week-long "reduction in violence" could—if successful—be a prelude to the end of the 18-year conflict.

The European self-reliance French President Emmanuel Macron is advocating should be encouraged and embraced—for the sake of Europe and the United States alike.

The Pew Research Center published a report showing that support for the alliance is falling in key nations including the U.S., Germany, and France.

Britain's withdrawal from the EU means American industry and military will lose a key ally and advocate within European defense structures.

Skepticism of Trump among Germans may also be the result of a broader mismatch between American attitudes toward Germans and vice versa.