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Now is not the time for the US or Europe to go it alone, warns NATO chief (theguardian.com)
Nato’s secretary general has told the US and Europe it is “not the time to go it alone” amid reports that Washington and some European leaders want to weaken their commitments to the transatlantic military alliance.
European military powers work on 5-10 year plan to replace US in NATO (ft.com)
Admin considers giving up NATO command held exclusively by US since Eisenhower (nbcnews.com)
For nearly 75 years, it has been a distinctly American responsibility to have a four-star U.S. general oversee all NATO military operations in Europe — a command that began with then-World War II hero and future president Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Europe Is Getting Ready for the End of NATO (bloomberg.com)
This is a column I never dreamed I’d be writing, as a former supreme allied commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. But sadly, given all the skeptical and increasingly divisive rhetoric about the venerable alliance emanating from Washington and Europe in the early days of the second Donald Trump administration, it is time to think about what the world would look like geopolitically if the US pulled out.
Elon Musk backs US withdrawal from NATO alliance (ukdefencejournal.org.uk)
Elon Musk, a key figure in President Donald Trump’s administration and head of the United States Department of Government Efficiency, has backed calls for the United States to leave the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).
Elon Musk publicly supports call for US to exit NATO, UN (yahoo.com)
Tech billionaire Elon Musk agreed on March 2 with a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, for the U.S. to exit NATO and the U.N.
NATO: There was officially a Russian plot to kill head of Rheinmetall (politico.eu)
A senior NATO official has confirmed that there was a Russian scheme to kill Armin Papperger, the head of German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall.
NATO tests aquatic drones to protect cables, coastlines (theregister.com)
NATO is testing hardware for a potential force that would operate unmanned surface vessels (USV) to patrol the coastal waters of member states and also help protect undersea cables from attack.
The Phones of the New NATO Secretary General (electrospaces.net)
Since October 1, former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is the new Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), succeeding Jens Stoltenberg from Norway.
Russia 'aggressive' and 'reckless' in cyber realm and threat to NATO (theguardian.com)
Russia is “exceptionally aggressive and reckless in the cyber realm” and “no one should underestimate” the threat to Nato, a senior UK minister will warn in a speech on Monday.
NATO, Ukraine hold emergency talks after Russia's new hypersonic missile attack (apnews.com)
NATO and Ukraine to hold emergency talks after Russia’s attack with new hypersonic missile
JD Vance: US could drop support for NATO if EU regulates Musk's platforms (independent.co.uk)
JD Vance has suggested that American support for NATO should be predicated on the European Union not regulating Elon Musk and his X social media platform, formerly known as Twitter.
Red Sea Is Now So Dangerous Even NATO Warships Are Avoiding It (gcaptain.com)
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Germany: Spy chiefs warn of increasing Russian threat (dw.com)
German intelligence chiefs on Monday warned of the increasing threat posed by Russia, which they said could be capable of launching a direct assault on NATO "by the end of this decade."
We should have given Ukraine more weapons earlier, says ex-NATO chief (politico.eu)
Ukraine’s allies should have supplied Kyiv with more arms before Moscow’s full-scale invasion to prevent the war, NATO’s former chief said Friday.
NATO ran the first Software Engineering Conferences (wikipedia.org)
The NATO Software Engineering Conferences were held in 1968 and 1969.
NATO military committee chair, others back Ukraine's use of long range weapons (apnews.com)
The head of NATO’s military committee said Saturday that Ukraine has the solid legal and military right to strike deep inside Russia to gain combat advantage — reflecting the beliefs of a number of U.S. allies — even as the Biden administration balks at allowing Kyiv to do so using American-made weapons.
'Ukraine must defend itself': Washington leaders dismiss Putin's war talk (theguardian.com)
US officials and lawmakers have shot back at Vladimir Putin after the Russian leader said that Nato’s potential lifting of restrictions on Ukraine to launch long-range strikes into Russia would mean Nato countries were “at war” with Russia.
Summary of NATO's Revised Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy (nato.int)
Newest NATO Member Sweden Says Russia Disrupting Its Satellite Networks (bloomberg.com)
NATO has just 5% of air defences needed to protect eastern flank (ft.com)
Statement by the North Atlantic Council on recent Russian hybrid activities (nato.int)