NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is expecting new pressure from US President-elect Donald Trump about the comparatively low defence spending of European allies including Germany. "He will want us to do more,

Nato chief Mark Rutte set the tone for the alliance's priorities for 2025 in an ominous speech highlighting just how close war is to the military alliance's doorstep. "From Brussels, it takes one day to drive to Ukraine,

With entrenched conflicts continuing to rage in Ukraine and the Middle East, 2025 was already shaping up as a year of continued uncertainty and instability. The re-election of Donald Trump to the White House has only intensified that process,

During his first administration, Trump said in 2018 that the defense spending goal for NATO should be doubled to 4 percent. While on the campaign trail in the lead-up to the 2024 election, he also accused NATO of relying too much on U.S. contributions.

President Joe Biden is funneling funds to Ukraine before Donald Trump takes the reins on America’s response to the international conflict.

Elon Musk has been “renting” a place to stay at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, and he didn’t leave until Christmas, according to recent reporting by The New York Times. Musk is expected to return in the next week.

The line between civilian and elected official has become blurrier as Musk further cements himself as part of Trump’s inner circle. As Honoré wrote, the world’s richest man funding Trump’s return to the presidency “does not give the incoming White House the license to look the other way at the national security risks he may pose.”

Watch for the EU to keep talking about buying more US LNG and weapons in a bid to sustain US support for Ukraine and tame tariffs.

The first speech by NATO’s new secretary-general, Mark Rutte, on December 12 was ominous for more than one reason. The obvious one was what Rutte explicitly wanted to tell us. He said we are “not yet at war but definitely no longer at peace.

Donald Trump wants NATO countries to increase their defense spending to more than double the current target, the Financial Times and the Telegraph reported. According to the reports, Trump's team has told European officials that the U.S. president-elect ...

The European Union has a daunting to-do list for 2025. Closing the gap with economic competitors, continuing to support Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression, maintaining a strong trans-Atlantic relationship and improving overall defence capabilities are the most pressing issues.

CNN anchor and chief national security analyst Jim Sciutto pulled no punches on Thursday in laying into President-elect Donald Trump