The last of 12 Rafale jets, made by France's Dassault Aviation, arrived in Croatia to replace its old MiG-21s. European ...

NATO must "expect the unexpected" and prepare for a Russian attack, Dutch Admiral Rob Bauer, the alliance's military committee chief, said in Brussels last January. Meanwhile, intelligence and ...

BRUSSELS — Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof said Friday that NATO’s chief wants the 32 member countries to agree to start spending at least 3.5% of gross domestic product on their defense ...

The share of Republicans who said the U.S. benefits from being part of NATO has dropped since we first asked this question in spring 2021; at that time, 55% saw at least a fair amount of benefit to ...

The Pew Research Center poll found 66 percent of respondents think the U.S. benefits from NATO, though the figure has dropped by 5 points since 2021. Another 32 percent said the country does not ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO chief Mark Rutte has proposed alliance members boost defence spending to 3.5% of GDP and commit a further 1.5% to broader security-related spending to meet Donald Trump ...

NATO forces are actively rehearsing for the region's capture under the guise of routine military exercises in the Baltic Sea, ...

A post-war European peacekeeping force in Ukraine without U.S. involvement could trigger “the de facto end of NATO,” a former top German diplomat warned. Wolfgang Ischinger, the former German ...

NATO is sending long-range surveillance aircraft to Lithuania for a mission across the Baltics, the alliance said in a recent statement. The first of three E-3A AWACS planes is currently operating ...

The 32 members of NATO spent $1.303 trillion on their defence ... The figures are based on 2021 prices. European capitals have strongly committed to increasing military expenditure in the face ...

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