Sweden formally joins NATO military alliance, ending centuries of neutrality

A JAS 39 Gripen C/D fighter aircraft takes off from Lulea-Kallax Airport, Sweden on March 4, 2024 during the NATO Nordic Response 24 military exercise, a Norwegian national exercise carried out in northern Sweden, Norway and Finland with associated airspace and waters. Anders Wiklund | AFP | Getty Images Sweden officially joined NATO as its … Read more

Russia’s war in Ukraine is igniting an old debate in Brussels over debt

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, February 8, 2023. Sarah Meyssonnier | Reuters Munich, GERMANY — Should we borrow from global markets as one combined entity and raise new debt together? That’s the question hanging on the … Read more

Russia’s neighbors wish to beef up NATO’s japanese flank

German troopers participate within the bilateral Lithuanian-German navy train “Griffin Storm” on the Basic Silvestras Zukauskas Coaching Space in Pabrade, Lithuania on June 26, 2023. Petras Malukas | Afp | Getty Pictures The fallout of the Wagner Group’s short-lived armed rise up has raised the alarm amongst Europe’s Baltic international locations. A weekend of chaos … Read more