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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaks during an informal meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Foreign Ministers' session in Berlin, Germany, May 15, 2022. Blinken is turning his attention to Ukraine, NATO and the Western Balkans after weeks of intense focus on Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. Amid signs that a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas due to expire on Monday may be extended, Blinken departs for Brussels where he will attend a NATO foreign ministers meeting at which the alliance will reaffirm its support for Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s invasion. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

Ukraine and the Western Balkans top Blinken’s agenda for NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia says NATO’s plans for a military Schengen Zone in Europe threaten its security

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives board his aircraft prior to departure, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., as he travels to Brussels for a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

Blinken to return to Israel as U.S. hopes to see further extensions of Gaza cease-fire

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

A Finnish Border Guard walks in the snow at the Raja-Jooseppi international border crossing station between Russia and Finland, in Inari, northern Finland, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. The European Union’s border agency says that it will send dozens of officers and equipment as reinforcements to Finland to help police its borders amid suspicion that Russia is behind an influx of migrants arriving to the country. (Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva via AP)

Why Finland is blaming Russia for a sudden influx of migrants on its eastern border

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Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama speaks to the media following meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Allied leaders from the Western Balkan countries, in Skopje, North Macedonia, on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

Albania’s prime minister calls for more NATO troops in neighboring Kosovo following ethnic violence

By Konstantin Testorides - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, speaks at a joint press conference with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, on the occasion of their meeting in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. Stoltenberg is on an official visit to the Serbian capital. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

NATO head says violence in Kosovo unacceptable while calling for constructive dialogue with Serbia

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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks to the media during a joint news conference with the President of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Borjana Kristo, in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

NATO chief commits to Bosnia’s territorial integrity and condemns ‘malign’ Russian influence

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Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo speaks at a press briefing with Chief of the Finnish Border Guard, Lieutenant General Pasi Kostamovaara at left, during a visit to the Vartius border crossing station in Kuhmo, eastern Finland, Monday Nov. 20, 2023. The prime minister on Monday said the country may need to take further actions on its border with Russia after closing four border crossings in an attempt to stem a recent increase in asylum-seekers. (Hannu Huttu/Lehtikuva via AP)

Finland’s prime minister hints at further border action as Russia protests closings of crossings

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FILE - Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, shakes hands with Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, right, as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg looks on prior to a meeting ahead of a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, July 10, 2023. The Turkish Parliament’s foreign affairs committee is set to debate Sweden’s bid to join NATO on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023 drawing the country closer to membership in the Western military alliance. (Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP, File)

Turkish parliamentary committee delays decision on Sweden’s NATO membership bid

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Romanian air force F-16 fighter planes fly above the Baza 86 military air base, outside Fetesti, Romania, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. NATO member Romania inaugurated an international training hub for F-16 jet pilots from allied countries and other partners, including Ukraine, with airplanes supplied by the Royal Netherlands Air Force, and instructors and maintenance provided by Lockheed Martin, the aircraft maker. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Romania inaugurates an F-16 jet pilot training center for NATO allies and neighboring Ukraine

By Stephen McGrath - Associated Press

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a press conference at the Swedish Government headquarters Rosenbad in Stockholm, on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. (Jonas Ekströmer/TT News Agency via AP) ** FILE **

NATO announces formal suspension of Cold War-era security treaty after Russia’s pullout

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Popular Front party leader Andrija Mandic attends a parliament session in Montenegro's capital Podgorica, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. After months of political bickering, the parliament in NATO-member and EU candidate Montenegro is set to hold a vote Monday on the small Balkan country's proposed new government that will hinge on the support from pro-Russian and anti-Western groups. Following months of negotiations, the winning coalition received the backing from staunchly anti-Western groups under the condition that one of their leaders, Andrija Mandic, is voted Monday the parliament speaker — an influential political position. (AP Photo/Risto Bozovic)

Montenegro, an EU hopeful, to vote on a new government backed by anti-Western and pro-Russian groups

By Predrag Milic - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waits for the start of a round table meeting of the North Atlantic Council during a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 11, 2023. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has submitted a protocol for Sweden’s admission into NATO to Turkey’s parliament for ratification, his office said Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Erdogan had been delaying ratification of Sweden’s membership, accusing Stockholm of being too soft on Kurdish militants and other groups he considers to be security threats. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Turkey’s president submits protocol for Sweden’s admission into NATO to parliament for ratification

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Ukraine Conundrum Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

What a strong U.S. president would do about Ukraine

By Jed Babbin

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waits for the start of a round table meeting of the North Atlantic Council during a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 11, 2023. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has submitted a protocol for Sweden’s admission into NATO to Turkey’s parliament for ratification, his office said Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Erdogan had been delaying ratification of Sweden’s membership, accusing Stockholm of being too soft on Kurdish militants and other groups he considers to be security threats. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Long-blocked Sweden bid for NATO gets boost in Turkey

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Workers hoisting campaign banner of ruling Law and Justice leader and Poland's most powerful politician, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who is running in crucial parliamentary election, in Sandomierz, Poland, on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. At stake in Sunday's vote are the health of the nation's democracy, strained under the ruling conservative Law and Justice party, and the foreign alliances of a country on NATO's eastern flank that has been a crucial ally. The main challenger is centrist Civic Coalition. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland prepares to vote in a high-stakes national election with foreign ties and democracy at stake

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

Kosovo police officers secure the area outside the Banjska monastery in the village of Banjska, Kosovo on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. Police on Wednesday allowed media into the village of Banjska, where a daylong shootout between armed Serbs and Kosovar police on Sunday left one officer and three gunmen dead. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

KFOR commander calls on Kosovo and Serbia to return to talks to prevent future violence

By Florent Bajrami and Llazar Semini - Associated Press

FILE - U.S. fighter aircraft F-16 performs aerobatic maneuvers on the last day of Aero India 2019 at Yelahanka air base in Bangalore, India, Feb. 24, 2019. The U.S. has once again buckled under pressure from European allies and Ukraine's leaders and agreed to provide more sophisticated weapons to the war effort. This time it's all about F-16 fighter jets. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)

U.S. F-16 shoots down armed Turkish drone over scrambled Syrian battlefield

By Ben Wolfgang and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

FILE - Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a welcome ceremony at the Pentagon, Sept. 21, 2023, in Washington. The Pentagon is warning Congress that it is running low on funding to replace weapons the U.S. has sent to Ukraine and has already been forced to slow down restocking some troops. The warning from the Pentagon comptroller came in a letter sent to congressional leaders and was obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Congress didn’t include funds for Ukraine in its spending bill. How will that affect the war?

By Tara Copp and Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Former Slovak Prime Minister and head of leftist SMER - Social Democracy party Robert Fico arrives for an election rally in Michalovce, Slovakia, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. Fico leads his party in the upcoming early elections that are held in Slovakia on Sept. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

Slovakia election pits a pro-Russia former prime minister against a liberal pro-West newcomer

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