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23 Mar
Sweden recently became NATO's 32nd member state, prompted to join like its neighbor Finland in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The country could play a crucial role in a possible conflict between Russia and NATO. In Berlin, DW spoke to Sweden's Foreign Minister Tobias Billström.
16 Mar
How Russia’s 'obedient majority' will elect Vladimir Putin to a fifth term and why it matters, from Moscow analyst Andrei Kolesnikov.
9 Mar
Russia preparing for long-term confrontation with NATO, including Baltics – intelligence. Russia is not only allocating massive resources for the war in Ukraine but is also preparing for a long-term confrontation with NATO, according to Lithuanian intelligence.
3 Mar
The Suwalki gap is a narrow strip of land stretching between Poland and Lithuania. If Russia and Belarus were to successfully invade and close it, the Baltic NATO-trio of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia would be cut off from its allies to the south.
1 Mar
Emmanuel Macron has turned heads at a hastily organised summit for Ukraine. The French president for the first time evoked the possibility of Western troops to thwart a Russian victory – one option among many. Macron himself acknowledged that opinions vary. In other words, he's very much in the minority.
27 Feb
Speculation about the successor to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is high on the agenda ahead of NATO's 75th anniversary. Mr. Stoltenberg has been in office for almost a decade and is known for his success in balancing relations between the US and NATO.
24 Feb
In an interview with FRANCE 24, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said he expected that "regardless of the outcome of the US elections", Washington "will continue to be a committed NATO ally".
20 Feb
In an interview with FRANCE 24, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said he expected that "regardless of the outcome of the US elections", Washington "will continue to be a committed NATO ally". "It is in the security interest of the United States to have a strong NATO," Stoltenberg noted.
27 Jan
Germany has earmarked €8 billion ($8.7 billion) in military aid for Ukraine. But that's set to come from the general defense budget, making defense spending seem bigger than it is. It's a move that has many crying foul.
17 Dec
Finland was admitted into NATO this April, delays have persisted on Sweden’s entry, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan linking a serious of unrelated issues to Ankara’s ratification of Sweden's accession – the latest of which is a potential sale of US F-16 fighter jets to Turkey. We discuss what Sweden’s entry to NATO would actually mean with Sweden's top diplomat, Foreign Minister Tobias Billström.
3 Dec
Major weapons manufacturers met government and military officials in Berlin this week to discuss European defense. A shared frustration: how to spend better amid pressure to spend more.
19 Nov
If Russia can freeze the conflict in Ukraine, its forces could be ready to attack Europe in as little as six years, a new study says.

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