Britain’s leadership in Nato is under threat
Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine has now entered its third month and a new phase. He underestimated the Ukrainian resolve to fight and has been forced back…
Olaf Scholz warns of nuclear war if Germany and Nato are dragged into Ukraine conflict
But Mr Scholz defended his cautious path, warning: “There is no textbook for this situation in which one could read at what point we are perceived as…
European leaders obsessed with continental integration are undermining Nato
Commentary on Nato “unity” against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been misplaced. Nato is not unified in seeking Moscow’s defeat, and Kyiv’s memory of the execrable Minsk…
Sweden and Finland look set to join Nato after surge in support for military alliance
Sweden has decided to join Nato, according to reports, with Finland likely to follow “within weeks”, in a sign of how badly Russia’s attempts to counter the…
We must build, not cut, our Armed Forces
Boris Johnson’s dramatic visit to Kyiv yesterday illustrates how much of a lead Britain is taking in supporting Ukraine’s resistance to Russia. It was also announced that…
Jens Stoltenberg: We need a beefed-up Nato to face down threats to European security
In an interview with The Telegraph, the 63-year-old says he is preparing for that “reinforcement” to be turned into a fundamental “reset” of the alliance, which was…
Booming Boris means business as he leads the chumminess at Nato summit
A Nato summit in Brussels could only mean one thing. An awkward family photo call of the G7 leaders, spaced out like Anthony Gormley statues at weird…
UK to send 6,000 missiles to Ukraine as Russia’s chemical threat looms
Boris Johnson will on Thursday pledge another 6,000 missiles to Ukraine as Nato countries agreed to send equipment to protect its troops from Russian nuclear and chemical…
Nato summit will reveal which members have ‘sold out and betrayed us’, warns Volodymyr Zelensky
Mr Zelensky will address both the Nato and EU summits. Nato leaders, including US President Joe Biden, who is attending all three summits, have ruled out the…
Ukrainian forces to be bolstered with extra help from Nato amid Russia’s nuclear threat
On the eve of a day of high diplomacy, with Nato, G7 and EU summits to discuss the crisis taking place in Brussels, Mr Stoltenberg again ruled…
On every level, the lie that Nato is to blame for this war is absurd
Given the mass neurosis that now passes for Western political conscience I suppose this was inevitable. But it is still shocking to hear apparently rational commentators claim…
Imperial Russia has called the West’s bluff
Where does it end? Vladimir Putin has now made plain the way he sees the world. Ukraine, he declared on Monday night, is made up of “what…
The self-hating West is losing the will to survive
The only person who threatens war in Ukraine is Vladimir Putin, by putting more than 100,000 troops on the border – and if you think they are…
As Ukraine tensions grow, Sweden shows its military strength on strategic Baltic island
Rutger Bandholtz, who commanded a battery of three 120mm Bofors cannons guarding Slite, the island’s eastern harbour, remembers the last time the island saw tensions similar to…
The seeds of the Ukraine crisis: in the early 1990s, the direction of Europe hung in the balance
At the same time, a bitter policy battle was brewing in Washington over whether America’s interests were best served by pursuing close co-operation with Moscow, with economic…
Vladimir Putin is boiling Nato alive and the fractious West is incapable of responding
Finally, Germany has decided to get ahead of Russian aggression – by sending 5,000 helmets to Ukraine. Geddit? The mayor of Kyiv thought it sounded like “an…
American liberal elites are waking up to the benefits of Brexit
Bitter Remainers love to paint Brexit Britain as isolated and parochial, as though leaving the EU was a supreme act of hara-kiri on the international stage. America’s…
Finland and Sweden ‘closer than ever’ to joining Nato after Putin’s threats backfire
Elina Valtonen is a MP and vice-president of the National Coalition Party, which has supported Nato membership for Finland since 2006 and is in opposition. She said,…
Sweden launches ‘Psychological Defence Agency’ to counter propaganda from Russia, China and Iran
Sweden has launched a new agency dedicated to defending the country against disinformation, propaganda and psychological warfare in the latest part of its efforts to bring military…
Emmanuel Macron is sacrificing the Franco-British alliance on the altar of his ambition
Franco-British relations are in a state of tension not seen in forty years, according to former British ambassador to Paris Lord Ricketts. Not to be outdone, the…