Donald Trump has threatened to not defend some NATO countries if Russia attacks them. But the US also benefits from the power that NATO gives it, as well as the stability it helped create in Europe.
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Leaders of the Western military alliance meet in Lithuania with the ongoing war in Ukraine as a backdrop.
Nato leaders meet in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius next week - it won’t be plain sailing.
The world held its breath when a Russian-made missile landed in Poland. What would it take for Nato to intervene militarily?
Polish authorities are investigating what they initially believed to be a Russian-made missile blast close to the border with Ukraine. Later, the country’s president said it was likely to have been an accident.
This explosion in Przewodow is unlikely to trigger a wider war. But it will have repercussions for Vladimir Putin and his flailing invasion of Ukraine.
Sandwiched between Russia and NATO ally Norway, both Sweden and Finland have maintained neutrality in global conflicts. That changed in February 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine.
Article 5 of the Nato treaty calls for collective defence if a member nation is attacked.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine poses a security threat to member states of Nato.
Turkey is a NATO member but that doesn’t mean its NATO allies will come to its support in Syria.
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