Tag: NATO

NATO Toughens Stance on Chinese Regime, Says Beijing Presents ‘Systemic Challenge’

NATO will for the first time confront the Chinese regime’s growing military ambition, the 30-nation Western alliance said on June 14, describing Beijing as presenting “systemic challenges” to the global order. The language, which appears in the final communiqué issued after the conclusion of a one-day summit in Brussels, signals a burgeoning convergence in the…


LIVE: Biden Holds Press Conference at End of NATO Summit


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (June 14)

President Joe Biden is set to meet with NATO leaders Monday. And what can we expect for his upcoming talks with Russia’s president? Leaders at the G-7 summit take aim at Beijing. They plan to take on its debt trap diplomacy. And they’re condemning the Chinese regime over its human rights abuses, and demand an…


Canada’s PM Trudeau in Brussels for NATO Meeting, Then Canada EU Summit

BRUSSELS—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Brussels today for a meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and then a Canada-EU summit. Trudeau began his day by meeting with the president of Latvia, where the Canadian military is leading a NATO alliance battlegroup whose mission is to deter Russian aggression in the region. The prime…


Zelensky Tells Biden Ukraine Needs Clear Plan for Accession to NATO

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stressed in his phone conversation with U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday that Ukraine needs “a real step-by-step plan” tied to calendar dates for its accession to NATO, the chief of the Ukrainian presidential office Andriy Yermak said according to a report on Ukraine’s official website. The time of statements and…


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (June 8)

President Joe Biden meets with NATO’s leader, in preparation for his first overseas trip as president. What global challenges do they discuss? Authorities say the ransom money that Colonial Pipeline paid hackers has been mostly recovered. But the Department of Justice also gives a warning about the future of cyber attacks. The U.S. and Australia…


Biden G7, NATO To-do List: Unite Allies, Fight Autocracy, Attack COVID-19

WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden’s meeting with leaders of the Group of Seven leading industrial economies in an English seaside village this week will usher in a new focus on rallying U.S. allies against common adversaries—the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia, and China. New COVID-19 variants and rising death tolls in some countries will loom large during the gathering…


NATO Plans to Adapt to Authoritarian Pushback Against Rules-Based International Order

In addressing emerging challenges to the rules-based international order from authoritarian powers like China and Russia, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday that the alliance needs to not only improve its internal cooperation, but also broaden its reach to regions such as Asia, Africa, and Latin America. “Russia and China are leading an authoritarian pushback against the…


Belarus ‘Hijacking’ Set in Context of ‘More Assertive’ Russia, Says NATO Chief

Sanctions against Belarus for the “hijacking” of a passenger plane carrying a journalist who had been critical of the Lukashenko regime must be “fully implemented,” the head of NATO has said. Secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg met Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Downing Street on Wednesday and the pair discussed the future of the alliance ahead of…


Russia to Form 20 New Military Units in West to Counter NATO

MOSCOW—The Russian military will form 20 new units in the country’s west this year to counter what it claims is a growing threat from NATO. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu made the announcement Monday at a meeting with top military officials. He pointed to a growing number of flights by U.S. strategic bombers near Russia’s borders,…