NATO’s Enlargement

President Putin has always been a strong opponent of any NATO expansion, calling it an imperialist threat and claiming that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is nothing more than an…

Suzan Quitaz

Madrid NATO Summit, Ideals and Reality

The recent Madrid NATO summit has been labelled as historical, “with far-reaching decisions to transform NATO”, which apparently will “preserve peace, prevent conflict, and protect our [western]…

Saif Al Abri

NATO’s Hard Road Ahead

Thanks to Russian President Vladimir Putin, NATO’s Madrid Summit takes place this week against the backdrop of a resurgent Western alliance. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine compels NATO to return to its…

Charles A. Kupchan

A World of Power and Fear

Among the collateral damage of the war in Ukraine is a school of thought: realism. This intellectual tradition insists that the pursuit of national interests trumps higher ideals, such as the…

Paul Poast

Russia Warns West: Don't Test Our Patience

Russia on Thursday warned the West that there would be a tough military response to any further attack on Russian territory, accusing the United States and its key European allies of openly inciting…