When World War II ended in 1945, it left much of the world in ruins, except for one nation. The United States emerged not just victorious, but ascendant. Its unmatched military and economic power laid ...

There is a historical basis for ramping up the U.S. military presence in Greenland: during the Cold War, the U.S. had ...

June 22 (UPI) --Britain and its NATO allies will increase defense spending by at much as 5% of GDP in the next decade, officials have announced. The alliance's 32 member states agreed to the plan in ...

It was Harold Macmillan, ever shrewd in the ways of politics, who said that the only way to hold a successful summit was to have the communiqué already written before you arrived. On that reading, the ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte was upbeat that the military organization will agree on massive spending hikes at a “transformational summit” on Wednesday, as member ...

NATO was founded in 1949 to counter the threat posed to European security by the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

However, as NATO has navigated the end of the Cold War, counter-terrorism campaigns, and a resurgent great-power competition, Canada’s commitment has waned. Canada, once a primary supporter of NATO, ...

Finnish military personnel hoisted the Finnish national flag at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, as Finland became the 31st member of NATO on April 4, 2023. [AFP] Born at the start of the Cold War, ...

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte attends the NATO Defense Ministers' meeting at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on June 5. Photo by NATO/UPI June 22 (UPI) --Britain and its NATO allies will ...