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Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson speaks during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels, Friday, June 30, 2023. European Union leaders on Friday resumed migration talks for a second day as Poland and Hungary continued to block progress after they were outvoted earlier this month on a plan to share out refugees arriving in Europe among the 27 member countries. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Biden will host Sweden’s prime minister at the White House as the Nordic nation seeks to join NATO

By Colleen Long - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, June 29, 2023. Attendance by NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg and a video address by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Thursday's European Union summit will underscore the importance that the 27 EU leaders attach to protecting their eastern flank from Russian aggression and beefing up Ukraine's defense capabilities. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO members have tentative agreement to extend Secretary-General Stoltenberg’s tenure another year

By Aamer Madhani and Seung Min Kim - Associated Press

A M1A1 Abrams tank navigates on various types of matting systems developed by U.S. Army's Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) during a demonstration of methods used by military vehicles during amphibious operations at the Vicksburg, Miss. campus, Aug. 1, 2017. U.S. officials say that Abrams tanks needed to train Ukrainian forces have arrived in Germany, and are on their way to Grafenwoehr Army base where the training will begin in two to three weeks. (Courtland Wells/The Vicksburg Post via AP) **FILE**

First batch of U.S.-made Abrams tanks arrive in Poland

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama, Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander de Croo, Polish President Andrzej Duda, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, Romania's President Klaus Iohannis and Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, from left, are seen during a joint press conference at Rutte's Catshuis residence in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Leaders of seven NATO allies met in the Netherlands with Secretary-General Stoltenberg for talks ahead of the alliance's summit in Lithuania next month. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

NATO chief convenes July 6 talks hoping to convince Turkey to let Sweden join

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, right, talk while waiting for other leaders to arrive in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Leaders of seven NATO allies met in the Netherlands with Secretary-General Stoltenberg for talks ahead of the alliance's summit in Lithuania next month. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

NATO warns not to underestimate Russian forces, and tells Moscow it has increased preparedness

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Members of the Wagner Group military company guard an area as other load their tank onto a truck on a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023, prior to leaving an area at the headquarters of the Southern Military District. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Yevgeny Prigozhin's troops who joined him in the uprising will not face prosecution and those who did not will be offered contracts by the Defense Ministry. After the deal was reached Saturday, Prigozhin ordered his troops to halt their march on Moscow and retreat to field camps in Ukraine, where they have been fighting alongside Russian troops. (Vasily Deryugin, Kommersant Publishing House via AP)

An unsettled Russia as Prigozhin finds refuge in Belarus

By David R. Sands and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius speaks during a press conference at Exercise Griffin Storm 2023 during the visit to the Training Range in Pabrade, some 60 km (38 miles) north of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, June 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Germany offers to station 4,000 troops in Lithuania to strengthen NATO’s eastern flank

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a press conference at Exercise Griffin Storm 2023 during the visit to the Training Range in Pabrade, some 60km, (38 miles) north of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, June 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

NATO chief makes last-ditch bid to bring Sweden into the fold before next month’s summit

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Army soldiers perform during a military exercise, at Batajnica Air Base near Belgrade, Serbia, on April 22, 2023. Serbia on Friday, June 23, 2023 reiterated the threat of an armed intervention in its former province of Kosovo, unless the NATO-led peacekeepers stationed there don't protect the minority Serbs there from "the great terror" of the Kosovo "regime." Serbian army chief-of-staff, Gen. Milan Mojsilovic, said that the military stands ready to fulfil its tasks "in accordance to the constitution" and orders from the army supreme commander, President Aleksandar Vucic. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

Serbia again threatens armed intervention in Kosovo as tension escalates

By Dusan Stojanovic - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, second left at rear, speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. (Takashi Aoyama/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan’s Kishida says he will attend NATO leaders’ summit, stresses need for dialogue with China

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Putin's to-do List Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

What would happen if Putin were to prevail in Ukraine?

By Clifford D. May

NATO defense ministers pose during a group photo at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 16, 2023. NATO defense ministers are concluding two days of meetings in which they discussed their support for Ukraine and ways to boost the defenses of eastern flank allies near Russia. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO moves to protect undersea pipelines, cables as concern mounts over Russian sabotage threat

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

From left, Swedish People's Party chair Anna-Maja Henriksson, National Coalition Party chair Petteri Orpo, The Finns Party chair Riikka Purra and Christian Democrats chair Sari Essayah announce that the government programme is ready in Helsinki, Finland, Thursday, June 15, 2023. The head of Finland’s conservative National Coalition Party, which came first in the April 2 elections, will present Friday, June 16, 2023, a government program for a center-right coalition that includes a far-right anti-immigration party with “saving measures.” NCP leader Petteri Orpo, who is expected to become the Nordic nation’s next prime minister, said four parties had agreed to form a government. (Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva via AP)

Finland’s center-right leader announces four-party coalition including anti-immigrant party

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference after a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 16, 2023. NATO defense ministers concluded two days of meetings on Friday in which they discussed their support for Ukraine and ways to boost the defenses of eastern flank allies near Russia. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO chief appears likely to stay on as allies struggle to find a replacement for him

By Lorne Cook and Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, right, greets NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, left, during a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, June 15, 2023. NATO defense ministers are holding two days of meetings to discuss their support for Ukraine and ways to boost the defenses of eastern flank allies near Russia. A meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group is being held to drum up more military aid for the war-torn country. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO sees no change in Russia’s nuclear posture despite Belarus leader’s claims

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United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, left, greets Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov during a meeting on the sidelines of a NATO defense ministers meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, June 15, 2023. NATO defense ministers are holding two days of meetings to discuss their support for Ukraine and ways to boost the defenses of eastern flank allies near Russia. A meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group will also be held to drum up more military aid for the war-torn country. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool)

NATO debates ways to boost ties with Ukraine as war against Russian invasion drags on

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United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, right, greets NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, left, during a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, June 15, 2023. NATO defense ministers are holding two days of meetings to discuss their support for Ukraine and ways to boost the defenses of eastern flank allies near Russia. A meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group is being held to drum up more military aid for the war-torn country. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Support mounts for Stoltenberg to stay on in NATO’s top job

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Sweden's new prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, speak to the media after their talks at the presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, on Nov. 8, 2022. Erdogan has said that NATO should not bet on his country approving Sweden's application to join the Western military alliance before a July summit because the Nordic nation has not fully addressed his security concerns. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Turkey’s Erdogan says Sweden shouldn’t expect to join NATO any time soon

By Suzan Fraser and Robert Badendieck - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a pre-ministerial media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, June 14, 2023. NATO defense ministers are holding two days of meetings to discuss their support for Ukraine and ways to boost the defenses of eastern flank allies near Russia. A meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group will also be held to drum up more military aid for the war-torn country. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO chief: Alliance must back Ukraine as offensive against Russia picks up steam

By Mike Glenn and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Sweden's new prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, speak to the media after their talks at the presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, on Nov. 8, 2022. Erdogan has said that NATO should not bet on his country approving Sweden's application to join the Western military alliance before a July summit because the Nordic nation has not fully addressed his security concerns. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Turkey, Hungary unmoved as U.S. presses Sweden’s NATO bid ‘without delay’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times