Tag: Europe

Lawmakers Launch Bill to Prevent More ‘Accounting Errors’ at Pentagon After $6.2 Billion Flub

Sens. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) have introduced legislation to prevent further accounting errors at the Department of Defense (DOD) after a “valuation error” came to light recently at the Pentagon amounting to over $6 billion. The draft bill (pdf) aims to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require the Pentagon…


Ukraine Leaves NATO Summit With Security Assurances, but No Clear Path to Membership

A day after he called NATO leaders “absurd” for failing to clarify a timeline for Ukraine’s long-deliberated entry into the 32-nation alliance, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was far more upbeat on July 12 as NATO’s two-day summit in Lithuania neared its conclusion. He may not have secured the big win—advancing Ukraine’s stalled 2008 request to…


Ukraine Leaves NATO With Security Assurances, but No Clear Path to Membership

A day after he called NATO leaders “absurd” for failing to clarify a timeline for Ukraine’s long-deliberated entry into the 32-nation alliance, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was far more upbeat on July 12 as NATO’s two-day summit in Lithuania neared its conclusion. He may not have secured the big win—advancing Ukraine’s stalled 2008 request to…


Turkey to Start ‘New Process’ With US, Erdogan Tells Biden at NATO Summit

Turkey hopes to begin a “new process” with the United States, Turkish President Recep Erdogan said during a meeting with his U.S. counterpart at a landmark NATO summit in Lithuania. Speaking on the summit’s sidelines on July 11, Mr. Erdogan said it was “high time for the [U.S. and Turkish] heads of state to get…


Ukrainian Officer Cadets to Train at Royal Canadian Military College in Quebec, Says Trudeau

Ukrainian officer cadets will take part in an “intensive training program” at the Canadian military’s Royal Military College in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., as part of a NATO-developed partnership, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Mr. Trudeau made the announcement while speaking to reporters in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 12 as the NATO Leaders’ Summit comes to a close after…


FBI Helped Ukraine’s Intel Service Flag US Government Account as ‘Disinformation’: House Report

A verified U.S. State Department account got caught up in a Ukrainian intelligence service’s efforts to suppress alleged Russian disinformation on social media, according to a new report (pdf) by the House Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. According to the new committee report, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) forwarded to the…


LIVE 12:45 PM ET: Biden Delivers Remarks Following NATO Leaders Summit

President Joe Biden delivers remarks at 12:45 p.m. ET on July 12 in Vilnius, Lithuania, highlighting how the United States, its allies, and partners are supporting Ukraine and taking action to address global challenges. …


LIVE NOW: Biden Delivers Remarks Following NATO Leaders Summit

President Joe Biden delivers remarks at 12:45 p.m. ET on July 12 in Vilnius, Lithuania, highlighting how the United States, its allies, and partners are supporting Ukraine and taking action to address global challenges. …


Biden Delivers Remarks Following NATO Leaders Summit

President Joe Biden delivers remarks at 12:45 p.m. ET on July 12 in Vilnius, Lithuania, highlighting how the United States, its allies, and partners are supporting Ukraine and taking action to address global challenges. …


French Riots ‘Just the Beginning’ of Greater Civil Unrest in Europe: Political Scientist

The riots in French cities are the latest manifestation of the country’s inability to integrate millions of young Muslim immigrants, but that problem is not limited to just France, according to Soeren Kern, a political scientist specialized in Middle Eastern and transatlantic geopolitics. “What we’re seeing really is the the end of multiculturalism as we…