NATO alliance – Some View on the World

A year of courage, caring, pain, hope, endurance and above all a year of unity (1)

Looking back at those 12 months that brought the Ukrainian people full misery in “The furious year of invincibility.”

Biden vows U.S. will defend all of NATO

President Biden promised that the United States would “defend literally every inch of NATO” if Russia attacked any of its members

At the borders of the EU, Fighting a war against Russia

Even though Belgium will not provide tanks and F-16s it will provide anti-aircraft guns and trucks. Without cargo vehicles to supply the necessary equipment, an army with many tanks cannot do much either, so in that respect Belgium does benefit Ukraine.

Ukraine War: Those who fail to call for negotiations, fail to understand the dangerous predicament that faces the planet!

This war is not anymore merely between Russia and Ukraine but has become a battle between Russia and a Western-backed Ukraine.

Scholz gives the green light on tanks – but why did it take so long?

Scholz has long argued that he needed to ensure that Germany and Nato would not become “warring parties” and Germany accused of “going it alone”.

The push for peace

The international system – including China – is opposing Russia’s threat or use of its nuclear weapons.

A new Cold War is heating up the Arctic

The emergence of a trans-Arctic shipping route is key to that strategy and would create an alternative to its maritime route through the South China Sea, Strait of Malacca and Suez Canal.

The Telegraph Frontpage for 2022 November 16

Looking at the news 63 years after the musical “Sound of Music” opened on Broadway.

Bloomberg looking at the 4th week of August 2022

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August 22 Ukraine is showing off wrecked Russian tanks in Kyiv for this year’s Independence Day celebrations. It’s not the military display President Vladimir Putin had in mind when he launched Russia’s invasion. The war that Russia — and some of Ukraine’s allies — expected to end in days with a victory parade for PutinContinue reading “Bloomberg looking at the 4th week of August 2022”