Rubio tries to reassure wary allies of US commitment to NATO as Trump sends mixed signals

In defence, Europe must become more confident, the former Nato strategist Babst warns at a NATO meeting. Promises of the US must be enjoyed with caution.

Rubio tries to reassure wary allies

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Bernard Jenkin: To prepare for a post-American order, we need to totally mobilise British society

Sir Bernard Jenkin MP was Shadow Defence Secretary 2001-03. “You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you,” wrote Leon Trotsky. Ukraine dominates the news – but the crisis for European security is wider than just Ukraine. European security has depended on Nato for the past 80 years. Now Donald Trump has left a question mark over his commitment to Article V of the NATO Treaty (the mutual defence clause). This is a crisis for the…

The original goal of the North Atlantic Alliance was to keep Germany down, the Russians out, and the Americans in. This mission, as revealed in an interview with Origó by historian Tamás Magyarics, was significantly rewritten by history, the end of the Cold War, and then 9/11, but the role of the United States remained the same throughout. On the occasion of the anniversary of NATO's founding, the ELTE professor emeritus and former ambassador to…

'Mixed feelings': Conservative leery as Trump injects 'new economic theory DNA' into GOP

Conservative Scott Jennings rarely breaks with President Donald Trump on CNN — but even he conceded late Thursday he has "mixed feelings" about the MAGA leader's economic plan, which sent the global economy into a tailspin.The markets plummeted on Thursday, with major indices in the U.S. stock marke...

Rubio urges NATO allies to boost defense spending, reasserts US commitment

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio assured nervous NATO allies on Thursday of Washington's commitment but urged them to massively ramp up defense spending. The call comes as Donald Trump sows doubt over alliance security, engages Russia on Ukraine, and escalates trade tensions with new tariffs.