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British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, left, arrives for the NATO summit in Madrid, Spain on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Paul White, File)

Shadow minister says future Labour government would strongly back NATO, Ukraine

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Flame and smoke rise fron Crimean Bridge connecting Russian mainland and Crimean peninsula over the Kerch Strait, in Kerch, Crimea, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. Russian authorities say a truck bomb has caused a fire and the partial collapse of a bridge linking Russia-annexed Crimea with Russia. Three people have been killed. The bridge is a key supply artery for Moscow's faltering war effort in southern Ukraine. (AP Photo)

Russian military image takes a direct hit as Ukraine invasion falters

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

The pursuit of alliances: The SCO and China’s Central Asia diplomacy

By Jianli Yang

This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows a large disturbance in the sea can be observed off the coast of the Danish island of Bornholm, Monday Sept. 26, 2022 following a series of unusual leaks on two natural gas pipelines running from Russia under the Baltic Sea to Germany have triggered concerns about possible sabotage. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says she “cannot rule out” sabotage after three leaks were detected on Nord Stream 1 and 2. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

NATO believes Baltic Sea gas leaks were sabotage

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

NATO peace force in the Ukraine illustration by The Washington Times

Time for a disengagement force in Ukraine

By L. Scott Lingamfelter

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds binoculars while watching the military exercises Center-2019 at Donguz shooting range near Orenburg, Russia, in Sept. 20, 2019. Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that he wouldn't hesitate to use nuclear weapons to ward off Ukraine's attempt to reclaim control of its occupied regions that Moscow is about to absorb. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

How real are Putin’s nuclear threats in Ukraine?

Associated Press

In this image made from a video released by the Russian Presidential Press Service, Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the nation in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (Russian Presidential Press Service via AP)

Putin sets partial military call-up, says he won’t ‘bluff’ on nukes

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press

Montenegro's Defense Minister Rasko Konjevic speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Podgorica, Montenegro, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. At the government headquarters in NATO- member Montenegro, computers are unplugged, internet is offline and the main state websites are down. The blackout comes amid a massive cyberattack against the small Balkan state which officials say bears the hallmarks of Russian hackers and its security services. (AP Photo/Risto Bozovic)

Montenegro wrestles with massive cyberattack, Russia blamed

By Dusan Stojanovic - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, center, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, arrive for a meeting of NATO ambassadors at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, Pool)

U.S., NATO note Ukraine army gains but see war dragging on

By Matthew Lee and Lorne Cook - Associated Press

U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft flies over North Macedonia's capital Skopje, on Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. Two U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft assigned to the 23rd Bomb Squadron currently operating out of RAF Fairford, United Kingdom, conducted low approach flyovers on Monday over Southeastern Europe, including North Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro and Croatia. The purpose of each flyover is to demonstrate U.S. commitment and assurance to NATO Allies and partners located in Southeastern Europe. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

In sign of support, U.S. bombers fly over Dubrovnik, Balkans

Associated Press

Prime minister of Finland Sanna Marin holds a press conference in Helsinki, Finland, Aug. 19, 2022. Marin, who in December 2019 became Finland’s youngest prime minister ever, said Friday she has taken a drug test “for her own legal protection” after a video was leaked of her at her private party dancing and mimicking singing. (Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva via AP)

Finland asks: Does a prime minister have a right to party?

By Kostya Manenkov and Karl Ritter - Associated Press

President Joe Biden signs the Instruments of Ratification for the Accession Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty for the Kingdom of Sweden in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. From left, Vice President Kamala Harris, Biden, Karin Olofsdotter, Sweden's ambassador to the U.S., and Mikko Hautala, Finland's ambassador to the U.S. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden OKs NATO membership for Finland, Sweden in rebuke to Putin

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right, welcomes Paivi Nevala, minister counselor of the Finnish Embassy, left, and Karin Olofsdotter, Sweden's ambassador to the U.S., center, just before the Senate vote to ratify NATO membership for the two nations in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate approves NATO expansion to Finland, Sweden in rebuke to Putin

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this file photo taken on June 24, 2020, Russian RS-24 Yars ballistic missiles roll in Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia. Russia's nuclear warheads cache — the largest in the world at more than 6,200, according to figures compiled by the Arms Control Association — has added an untold level of danger and complexity to the current military campaign in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) **FILE**

Russia’s small nukes are a big problem

By Peter Brookes

Finland's Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, left, Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde, right, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attend a media conference after the signature of the NATO Accession Protocols for Finland and Sweden in the NATO headquarters in Brussels, July 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File)

Senate set to vote to ratify adding Sweden, Finland to NATO

By Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a media conference at a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain on Thursday, June 30, 2022. North Atlantic Treaty Organization heads of state met for the final day of a NATO summit in Madrid on Thursday. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Turkey warns it can ‘freeze’ Sweden, Finland’s NATO process

Associated Press

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Some old favorites shine on the summer chess calendar

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Illustration on Biden's arms sales to Turkey by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Biden makes NATO look weak with arms sales to Turkey

By David L. Phillips

NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference at the end of a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain on Thursday, June 30, 2022. North Atlantic Treaty Organization heads of state met for the final day of a NATO summit in Madrid on Thursday. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

NATO nations sign accession protocols for Sweden, Finland

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

Finland's Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, left, Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde, right, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attend a media conference after the signature of the NATO Accession Protocols for Finland and Sweden in the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, July 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

NATO gets a big new border with Russia in major expansion

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times