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BERLIN:  The Islamic Republic of Iran’s first priority is to survive. To do that, its leaders will want to drive up the cost of the war for President Donald Trump — in terms of American...

As if the Europeans needed another wake-up call about the contempt in which President Donald Trump holds them, his mocking antipathy at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, was a good...

When the European Union offered Ukraine a path to membership last year, it was in many ways an emotional response to the Russian invasion.Leaders were under pressure to show solidarity with the...

Germany has self-consciously devoted itself to promoting “peace” and integrating into a European and trans-Atlantic security order where consensus has been the byword.Russia’s war in Ukraine is...

Even as Russia’s war on Ukraine grinds on with no end in sight, Ukraine’s allies are facing complicated questions about the country’s reconstruction.Who will pay for what, and who should control...

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, some asked whether Nato had any real reason to exist. But Russia’s attack of Ukraine gave new urgency to Nato as a defensive alliance aimed at deterring...

With Ukraine defending European values and security against a Russian assault, what obligation does the European Union and Nato have toward Ukraine?The moral answer may be obvious, as European and...

The Gotland regiment of the Swedish army was going through its paces, practising how to use its Swedish-designed lightweight anti-tank missiles, the NLAWs that are proving so effective in Ukraine.The...