Jens Stoltenberg

Ahtisaari helped reach peace accords related to Serbia’s withdrawal from Kosovo in the late 1990s, Namibia’s bid for independence in the 1980s, and autonomy for Aceh province in Indonesia in 2005

The leaders of Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Romania, Britain, the European Commission, the European Council and the NATO joined Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the call

Stoltenberg agreed to make efforts to get NATO members to help provide additional air defense systems to protect Ukraine’s power plants and energy infrastructure that were badly damaged in relentless and deadly attacks last winter

The Ukrainian military has confirmed a change in tactics in their advance to reduce the number of casualties. Officers are asking for more time to obtain results in the counteroffensive

Washington has agreed to supply Ukraine with a munition that has been banned by over 100 countries and which will wreak havoc on the civilian population for decades after the end of the war

The Alliance has launched a study to assess potential risks from North Africa, the Sahel and Middle East, but the area was left out of regional plans approved at Vilnius summit

The leaders of Japan, Australia, South Korea and New Zealand took part in the Vilnius summit, but the Allies disagree on how far the organization should be involved in that region

In a communiqué, the Allies say defense spending will be ‘at least’ 2% of GDP and announce further investigation into emerging threats in the southern flank

Zelenskiy charges that the allies’ agreement is undefined and warns it could benefit Russia

Biden described the summit as a “historic moment” and said the United States agreed with a proposal to outline a path for Ukraine’s eventual membership.

The initiative, which is supported by France, Germany and the United Kingdom, involves a commitment to continue to supply Kyiv with weapons, but does not set down a concrete timetable for the country’s accession into the Alliance, which is still a source of division

Lithuania has pulled out all the stops to offer security to around 40 state and government leaders who are meeting in extraordinary geopolitical circumstances

It was the first time that the Turkish President linked his country’s ambition to join the EU with Sweden’s efforts to become a NATO member

After arriving at night in London, Biden will meet the next day with King Charles III for the first time since he was crowned

The leaders also will discuss Russia’s war in Ukraine and matters involving China

The flooding caused by the breach benefits Moscow militarily by hampering attacks on a key area of the front. Military analysts say it could set Kyiv back weeks and cause a huge ecological catastrophe

Turkey’s government accuses Sweden of being too lenient on terror organizations and security threats, including militant Kurdish groups and people associated with a 2016 coup attempt

The Atlantic Alliance is expected to approve the new strategy, a response to the new geopolitical reality after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, at its Vilnius summit in July

Artillery is one of the most decisive weapons Kyiv has to counter the Russian invasion but stocks of ammunition are running desperately low ahead of expected spring offensives

The competition between the two powers – each seeking global hegemony – is increasing pressures, risks and opportunities for other countries

‘What is obvious is that if it was right to commit to spend 2% in 2014, it is even more right now because we live in a more dangerous world,’ Jens Stoltenberg told reporters

When similar devices passed over US territory during the Trump and Biden administrations, they were not immediately identified as Chinese surveillance balloons

The large-scale Chinese deployment came as Beijing increases preparations for a potential blockade or military action against the island

Members of the North Atlantic Alliance gathered in Bucharest are due to approve a confidential report about the challenges posed by Beijing, which the West relies on for supply chains as well as key components and materials

Speaking at the NATO assembly in Madrid, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called on Moscow to leave Kyiv ‘in peace’ and said the alliance has been strengthened by the Kremlin’s ‘ill-advised calculations’