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Strategy is a matter of choice. Turkey’s in extremis blessing of Sweden’s bid to join NATO, two days before the organisation’s Vilnius summit kicked off on 11 July, did not conceal the difficult equation that diplomats had to solve in the Lithuanian capital city: what status should Ukraine be granted?…

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues with no end in sight, NATO's much-celebrated unity faces fresh strains when leaders gather for their annual summit this week in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Some members prefer allowing Ukraine into the alliance as a stand against Russia. Others fear admitting Ukraine could be seen as a provocation that could enlarge the conflict.

NATO leaders have celebrated their unity in the face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Kyiv has long called for Ukraine to be admitted to Nato

As Russia threatens another offensive, this is the moment of maximum danger. Ukraine’s allies must move fast and decisively

"We must not make the same mistakes with Xi Jinping that we did with Vladimir Putin," Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in Taiwan.

European powers must do more to dissuade China from invading Taiwan, including being prepared to unleash painful economic sanctions and train Taiwanese troops, the former head of NATO said Thursday. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who is visiting Taipei, said European and NATO powers were "too naive" in the run-up to Moscow's…

Democratic countries should make it clear the "severe economic consequences" China would face should it move against self-governed Taiwan, the former NATO secretary-general said during a visit to the island on Thursday.

Al Jazeera interviews Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO’s chief from 2009 until 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea.

Diplomatic efforts by French President Emmanuel Macron in response to the war in Ukraine were a failure and "deeply harmful" for Kyiv, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the former NATO secretary-general, said in an interview published on Friday.