Sweden and Finland have joined NATO. Will Switzerland be next? In a small step in that direction, NATO will soon open an office in Geneva. Does NATO’s presence, however small - sources say only one NATO officer will be based in Geneva – represent a historic change for a country that has been legally neutral since 1815? Although the office is presented as a multilateral liaison with international organizations – NATO has similar offices in Vienna and New York – it does raise questions about Swiss...
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Ukraine May Have To Compromise With Russia, NATO Chief Admits In a rare moment following more than two years of war, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has belatedly admitted the Ukraine may have to compromise with Russia at the negotiating table. He made the remarks in a fresh interview with BBC at a moment he's urging Western allies to commit to approving his proposed five-year, 100 billion euro fund for Ukraine. As we've underscored before, this is largely about...
Finnish President Alexander Stubb's visit to Brussels marked the country's one-year anniversary of joining the alliance.
Russia is forced to raise the issue of transferring the discussions on
An initiative to enshrine neutrality in the Swiss constitution garnered enough signatures to get a vote as debate over the policy has sharpened in recent years.
Would NATO Really Hang France Out To Dry If Russia Pulverized Its Forces In Ukraine? Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, The Wall Street Journal cited an unnamed US official on Wednesday to report that “Macron told allies that there would be no need to involve NATO or the U.S. if Russia targeted French troops” that might conventionally deploy to Ukraine in the coming future per his infamous proposal from late February. While he might have indeed said that, it can’t be taken...
NATO marked 75 years of collective defense across Europe and North America, with its top diplomats vowing on Thursday to stay the course in Ukraine as better-armed Russian troops assert control on the battlefield. The anniversary comes as the now 32-nation alliance weighs a plan to provide more predictable longer-term
Moscow and NATO now in 'direct confrontation', Kremlin says (Third column, 1st story, link)
Russia reportedly wants to penalise Switzerland for its stance in the Ukraine war by relocating the South Caucasus talks from Geneva to another country.
Magdalena Frech fought off tenacious teenager Celine Naef to take Poland another step towards the Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Finals in November
The Kremlin said on Thursday that Ukraine peace talks due to be held in Switzerland made “no sense” unless Russian took part. “We said many times that the process of (peace) talks without Russia makes no sense,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.