It’s a new day in Europe. Gone are the halcyon years of unshakeable American commitment to Europe’s defense against Russia.

Duda argued that NATO’s deterrence should shift eastward from Germany to Poland following the end of the Cold War, adding that he has discussed the option with Washington’s Ukraine-Russia envoy Keith ...

In recent days, the perceived value among allies of acquiring nuclear weapons is up, and confidence in the U.S. nuclear ...

Polish President Duda has once again called on the US to place its nuclear arms within its borders to better deter Russia, mirroring talks with France amid security concerns.

No matter what else Trump and others propose, there is no skirting the dilemma: Earnest cease-fire talks cannot begin without the prospect of credible security guarantees; no guarantee can be credible ...

There are good reasons to anticipate evolutionary, rather than revolutionary, change to NATO and European defense.

The collapse of the Soviet Union greatly reduced the West’s fear of another world war—a fear that had led Western leaders to tolerate Soviet spheres of influence in central and eastern Europe. Many ...

The EU was built in the aftermath of the Second World War, shaped by Cold War anxieties and adapted to the triumph of liberal ...

It may be difficult for people who spent their entire careers in the post-Cold War environment to accept, but it seems the notion of US primacy in the technological field is impossible to sustain. The ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. French President Emmanuel Macron, second left, , shakes hands with Colonel-General Ruslan Khomchak, First ...

Deterrence was the linchpin of U.S. defense strategy for decades, but the political and military context for deterrence has changed significantly. Instead of a single, near-peer opponent, the U.S.