RUKLA, Lithuani—Lithuania will ask the United States to permanently station troops in the country to help boost security, the Baltic nation’s president said on Wednesday. Gitanas Nauseda spoke after welcoming new rotation of German-led international NATO battle group, deployed in 2017 and soon to include 350 additional German troops in response to Russia massing its…
NATO Considers ‘Longer Term’ Presence in Eastern Europe Amid Military Exercises
NATO will consider a longer-term military presence in Eastern European countries amid heightened tensions between Russia and Ukraine, said Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, as NATO forces conducted military exercises in the region on Tuesday. “We are considering more longer-term adjustments to our posture, our presence in the eastern part of the alliance. No final decision has…
The US Is Losing Germany Over Its Obsession With Russia
Commentary “Is Germany a Reliable American Ally? Nein,” reads the headline in a recent Wall Street Journal commentary that damns Germany for considering “cheap gas, car exports to China and keeping Mr. Putin calm to be more important than allied democratic solidarity.” “Germany’s pivot from America,” another recent headline, this time in Politico, comes largely to…
Canada Talking to Allies About Sending More Forces to Eastern Europe: Anand
OTTAWA—Defence Minister Anita Anand says the government believes in the importance of bolstering NATO’s eastern flank in response to Russia’s military buildup, and that discussions are underway around increasing Canada’s military presence in eastern Europe. Yet the minister, who was speaking on Wednesday from the Latvian capital of Riga—her last stop in a three-country tour…
Ukraine Announces Plan to Boost Army, Europeans Rally Behind Zelenskiy
KYIV—President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a decree on Tuesday to boost Ukraine’s armed forces by 100,000 troops over three years and raise soldiers’ pay, as European leaders lined up to back him in a standoff with Russia. Zelenskiy urged lawmakers to stay calm and avoid panic, saying he ordered the increase “not because we will soon…
Canada Withdraws ‘Non Essential’ Personnel From Embassy in Ukraine
OTTAWA—Global Affairs Canada says “non-essential” Canadian employees and their dependents from the embassy in Ukraine will be temporarily withdrawn amid concerns over a buildup of Russian troops along the country’s borders. A statement released Sunday says officials are monitoring the situation and their highest priority is the safety of Canadians, for whom the embassy remains…
Live Q&A: Trucker Convoy Could Tear Down Virus Mandates; Biden Sending Troops to Eastern Europe
January 30, 2022
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American truckers are joining with the tens of thousands of Canadian truckers to protest vaccine mandates, and public support is growing for them in both countries. Brian Von D, the administrator at “Convoy to DC 2022,” announced in a live video on Facebook that truckers from both countries are joining forces—and will drive from California…
Check but Not yet Mate: Putin’s Ukrainian Chess Game
Commentary The masters of the Kremlin fancy themselves as experts at the game of geopolitical chess. A fact as true of Tsarist Russia as it was of the Soviet Union and today’s contemporary Russia. Looking over the developing crisis in Ukraine over the past few months and the seemingly unrelated events that have swirled around…
Putin Says US, NATO Ignored Its Security Demands as Kremlin Rules out War in Ukraine
The president of Russia said on Friday the United States and its NATO allies have ignored Moscow’s security demands, while a top Kremlin official ruled out war, saying Russia does not want the situation near Ukraine to escalate. “There won’t be a war as far as it depends on the Russian Federation, we don’t want a…
Why Putin Has Not Been Deterred
Commentary Americans want an autonomous Ukraine to survive. They hope the West can stop Russian President Vladimir Putin’s strangulation of both Ukraine and NATO. Yet Americans do not want their troops to venture across the world to Europe’s backyard to fight nuclear Russia to ensure that Ukraine stays independent. Most Americans oppose the notion that…
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