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The Latest Breaking News on NATO

Quiz of The Week: 8 July - 14 July

This week Nato ended up in an unfortunate – and very public – spat with Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The Week

Is Turkey turning back towards the West?

Turkey surprised observers this week when it reversed course and approved Sweden’s bid to join Nato.

The Week

Putin vs. Wagner: saved by kompromat?

If you’re not “feeling confused” by events in Russia in the past few weeks, “then you’ve probably not been paying attention”, said Michael Day in The i Paper.

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Editorial: Biden is right to send cluster bombs to Ukraine

President Joe Biden’s decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine has generated heated opposition from close U.S. allies, human-rights groups, and current and former politicians, who question the morality of deploying weapons banned by more than 100 countries. Greater use of cluster bombs may well increase the death toll for…

Tribune News Service

James Stavridis: Sweden and Finland give NATO an Arctic opportunity

In the wake of Finland’s and Sweden’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the alliance can take a well-deserved victory lap. I commanded troops from both nations in Afghanistan, and Swedish forces in the Libyan campaign of 2011. The countries have professional and motivated personnel equipped with superb technology…

Tribune News Service

Putin says Western tanks ‘priority target’ for Russia in Ukraine

Russian president also warns that Western weapons supplied to Kyiv only prolonged war and would not change its outcome.

Al Jazeera

Biden signs executive order adding 3,000 reservists to US presence in Europe amid Russian invasion of Ukraine

US has sent more than $76bn in aid to Ukraine

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Amendments to defense spending bills offer differing views of US role in NATO

Tribune News Service

Five years after Trump praised Putin in Finland, Biden vows unity against Russia

In the same room where former President Donald Trump praised Russian President Vladimir Putin five years ago, President Joe Biden celebrated the expansion of the alliance that has helped stall Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Los Angeles Times

Zelensky tweet on Nato so infuriated US officials they reconsidered policy, report says

Nato countries responded to Ukraine application: “we will be in a position to extend an invitation to Ukraine when allies agree and conditions are met”

The Independent UK

Reflective pause: On NATO and Ukraine

If NATO cares about market economies, democracy, human rights, and peace, it needs to work towards changing the paradigm that set the Ukraine war in motion

The Hindu

Senators renew effort to bar future US withdrawal from Nato

The effort has support from top Republican and Democratic senators on the upper chamber’s foreign relations committee

The Independent UK

Republican senator should drop his 'irresponsible' protest and OK military nominees, Biden says

President Joe Biden says it is “irresponsible” of an Alabama senator to block confirmation of military officers in protest of a Defense Department policy that pays for travel when a service member has to go out of state to get an abortion or reproductive care

The Independent UK

'A strong gesture': French delivery of SCALP missiles to Ukraine marks shift in Western strategy

French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Tuesday that SCALP missiles, capable of striking the Russian army at long range, would be delivered to Ukraine. Western countries had previously been hesitant to fulfil Ukraine’s long-standing request for these weapons for fear of escalating the conflict.

France 24

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The Independent UK

Nato could have sent a stronger signal on Ukraine’s future – Iain Duncan Smith

Sir Iain was speaking as MPs debated the Government’s action on the war.

Zenger

U.K. Defense Secretary Tells Ukraine ‘We’re Not Amazon’ Amid Weapons Donation Dispute

Kyiv urged to show appreciation for donations to win further support in fight against Russia

Evening Standard

Watch: Brawl erupts in Kosovo parliament after water thrown at PM during speech

A brawl erupted in the Kosovo parliament after an opposition politician threw water on Prime Minister Albin Kurti.

Salon

Biden says the right stuff — overseas

Biden gave a forceful speech on the Ukraine war and the climate crisis. Was anyone in America paying attention?

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Radio France Internationale

France blocks NATO plan for a liaison office in Tokyo

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday opposed a NATO push to open a liaison office in Japan, as the alliance's head said he wanted to strengthen ties to counter China's growing influence in the region.

The Conversation

3 takeaways from the NATO summit – and where it leaves the military alliance

The leaders of the 31 nations that comprise NATO made their way home on July 12, 2023, after concluding two days of highest-level diplomatic meetings.

The Independent UK

Brawl erupts in Kosovo parliament during prime minister's speech on defusing tensions with Serbs

A brawl has erupted in the Kosovo parliament after an opposition lawmaker threw water on Prime Minister Albin Kurti while he was speaking about government measures to defuse tensions with ethnic Serbs in the country's north

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Vilnius Nato summit was disastrous if we want Ukraine to win its war

As the great baseball coach Yogi Berra would have said, the Vilnius Nato summit seems to have been a severe case of “déjà vu, all over again”.

WEKU

Key takeaways from this week's NATO summit, according to the group's leader

NATO's expansion is the exact opposite of what Russia wanted, says Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. He spoke to NPR about its NATO's newest members, and when Ukraine might join them.

Al Jazeera

Middle East roundup: Tunisia expels terrified Africans to borders

Turkey to approve Sweden’s NATO bid, Jenin refugees coping after Israeli attack – here’s the Middle East this week.

The Independent UK

Starmer tells Sunak Labour’s support for Nato ‘unshakeable’ during Commons clash

The Prime Minister was heckled by Opposition MPs as he claimed Sir Keir’s statement showed a ‘newfound affection’ for the alliance.

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