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EDITORIAL: Is Trump abandoning us? The eastern flank's fear and Europe's belated defense awakening
The question circulates in whispers through the corridors of every NATO foreign ministry, in the margins of every bilateral briefing, in the private assessments…
DECODING: Five percent of GDP: the budget revolution Rutte wants carved in marble at Ankara
Five percent. Two digits, one percentage sign, and a seismic shift in how the Western alliance understands its own survival. When NATO Secretary General…
ANALYSIS: Ankara July 7-8: the NATO summit where the West stakes its credibility against Putin
On July 7 and 8, 2026, the leaders of 32 allied nations plus partners from the Indo-Pacific and the Middle East will gather at…
PROFILE: Mark Rutte, the Diplomat Who Tames Trump to Save NATO
He arrives at the White House with rolled-up posters under his arm, like a salesman who knows his client. Mark Rutte, NATO Secretary General…
DECODING: The PURL Mechanism: NATO Finances the Skies Over Kyiv
Behind the nights over Kyiv torn open by Russian drones, behind the interceptions of ballistic missiles above Ukrainian cities, lies a discreet mechanism that…
COMMENTARY: Putin threatens Europe: the rhetoric of fear
Vladimir Putin does not threaten by accident. Every speech, every statement, every ambiguous signal sent to Europe is the product of a precise political…
OPINION: Rutte and Cohesion: The Hard Truths of Ankara
The NATO summit in Ankara, in June 2026, was no ordinary summit. For the first time since the end of the Cold War, allies…
ANALYSIS: Hybrid warfare: the new face of the Russian threat to NATO
Hybrid warfare is not a Russian invention — but Russia has made it its preferred art form. It is a mode of conflict that…
DECODING: Hegseth conditions US troops: the Eastern Flank held hostage
On June 18, 2026, in the conference room at NATO headquarters in Brussels, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a speech that confronted European…