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Illustration on strategies for the Ukraine crisis by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Ukraine’s hybrid war

By Wesley Clark and Jack Keane

Slovenia appoints its first female deputy army chief

Associated Press

In this video grab provided by RU-RTR Russian television via AP television on Thursday, March 1, 2018, the Avangard hypersonic vehicle blasts off during a test launch at an undisclosed location in Russia. President Vladimir Putin declared Thursday that Russia has developed a range of new nuclear weapons, claiming they can't be intercepted by enemy. (RU-RTR Russian Television via AP)

NATO rejects Putin’s ‘unacceptable’ threats to target allies

Associated Press

Defense Secretary James Mattis speaks about the National Defense Review, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, in Washington. China's expanding military and an increasingly aggressive Russia are among the U.S. military's top national security priorities, the Pentagon said Friday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

James Mattis, Pentagon chief, praises NATO progress on defense spending goals

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the Turkish parliament recently that American forces in Syria should prepare for an "Ottoman slap." (Associated Press/File)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan turns Turkey away from U.S.

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Police patrol in front of hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018 where the Munich Security Conference will take place from Feb. 16 to Feb. 18, 2018. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)

The Latest: Ukraine’s Poroshenko renews push for UN troops

Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference after a meeting of NATO defense ministers meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO to expand Iraq military training mission

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, shakes hands with U.S. Secretary for Defense Jim Mattis prior to a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. NATO defense ministers begin a two-day meeting Wednesday to focus on military spending, cooperation with the European Union, and assistance to the Iraqi army. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool)

NATO chief urges defense budget hike amid command expansion

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will attempt to lower the temperature on increasingly heated tensions between the United States and Turkey on Thursday, traveling to Ankara at a moment of clashing military strategies between the two NATO allies in neighboring Syria. (Associated Press)

Rex Tillerson’s trip to Turkey aimed at lowering tensions

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. NATO defense ministers begin a two-day meeting Wednesday to focus on military spending, cooperation with the European Union, and assistance to the Iraqi army. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

US warns EU against defense market protectionism

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. NATO defense ministers begin a two-day meeting Wednesday to focus on military spending, cooperation with the European Union, and assistance to the Iraqi army. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO falling short of U.S. demands on international defense spending

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, and the Special Envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Angelina Jolie leave after a media briefing at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Movie star Jolie working with NATO to combat sexual violence

Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Christopher Steele, author of a debunked anti-Trump dossier, had close associations among the cadre of business-ruling oligarchs, government reports show. (Associated Press/File)

Putin splits NATO, exploits Turkey’s fears

By L. Todd Wood

In the 1850s, during the British, French, and Turkish invasion known as the Crimean War, America sent arms and munitions as well as engineers and doctors to help the Russians.

The poor state of U.S.-Russia relations does not serve American interests

By Edward Lozansky

FILE - This Feb. 4, 1979 file photo shows CIA Director Stansfield Turner. Stansfield A. Turner, who as CIA director under President Jimmy Carter oversaw reforms at the agency in the wake of the scandal uncovered by the Church Committee, has died. He was 94. Turner’s secretary, Pat Moynihan, confirmed to the Washington Post that Turner died on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 at his home in Seattle but Moynihan did not disclose the cause. (AP Photo/File)

Stansfield Turner, who led major CIA reforms, dies

Associated Press

A Serbian flag and a picture of assassined Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic are seen on his office in the northern, Serb-dominated part of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Ivanovic was shot and killed Tuesday morning, raising ethnic tensions in the region and halting EU-mediated talks between Kosovo and Serbia on the day they were due to resume. (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic)

The Latest: Kosovo assures safety after Serb leader’s death

Associated Press

Turkey, Russia finalize deal on anti-missile defense system

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg arrives for an EU summit at the Europa building in Brussels on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. European Union leaders are gathering in Brussels and are set to move Brexit talks into a new phase as pressure mounts on Prime Minister Theresa May over her plans to take Britain out of the 28-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

NATO concerned Russian missile system breaks Cold War pact

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

In this Nov. 7, 2017, file photo, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg arrives for a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels. NATO is giving Stoltenberg two more years at the head of the world's biggest military alliance, according to a NATO's statement, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

NATO prolongs chief Jens Stoltenberg’s term for 2 more years

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

"By backing the independence of Kosovo, formed and prosperous countries such as Spain put at risk their own fragile stability," Russian President Vladimir Putin said after Catalonia's independence vote. (Associated Press/File)

Russia meddling in Catalonia vote seen as plot against NATO

By Martin Arostegui - Special to The Washington Times