
From Suez to Hormuz and the True Nature of Alliances
States cooperate when their interests converge and diverge when they do not. The Western alliance system has never been an exception.

States cooperate when their interests converge and diverge when they do not. The Western alliance system has never been an exception.

The U.S. president has threatened to withdraw from the “paper tiger” alliance.

More and more signs indicate that Europe is preparing for a large-scale war. Have the planners considered the enormous economic destruction that would follow?

Trump has signaled a definitive end to the U.S. commitment to NATO, branding the alliance a ‛paper tiger’—after European members of the alliance blocked military flights headed for Iran.

Stockholm revealed that its drone-protection funding will support new radar platforms, anti-aircraft systems, and electronic warfare tools—all part of its broader military modernization.

Without support from either American voters or NATO allies, the U.S. president is still expected to claim the purpose of the Iran war—however vaguely stated—has been achieved.

The United States is right to demand more capable allies. What it cannot demand is that greater capability should mean automatic obedience.

Liberal MEPs in Brussels are frustrated with seeing Ukraine used as a “bargaining chip.”

Denmark and Greenland are “very cooperative” regarding U.S. expansion within the existing defense agreement, head of U.S. Northern Command said.

According to the U.S. president, his operations have been so effective that NATO support is now unnecessary.