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What might we see at the Munich Security Conference?
Congressional reporter Joe Gould offers his take on what might be learned at the annual international security gathering in Germany.
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Report puts cold water on Polish ‘Fort Trump’ idea
“It’s time to get real. The United States is not pulling any of its troops out of foreign entanglements in Afghanistan or Syria so that it can put them in a big, fat ‘Fort Trump’ in eastern Poland.”
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Congress is doing damage control
What began as American nationalism, perhaps, has spurred something else.
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Here’s why 22 Republicans voted against blocking Trump from NATO pullout
Some House Republicans voted against a resolution supporting NATO this week because they saw it as an attack on President Donald Trump.
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German Navy returns to treating the Baltic Sea as a potential theater of war
The inaugural class of the German Maritime Forces Staff begins work on a regional alliance meant to help NATO manage naval conflicts.
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McMaster: Allies must blunt Iran’s rapid military expansion
Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster speaks at the Munich Security Conference about combating the expanding military influence of Iran.
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Trump says US backs NATO ‘100%,’ after report he discussed withdrawal
“We will be with NATO 100 percent, but as I told the countries, you have to step up,” President Donald Trump said at the Pentagon.
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Germany picks up two thorny defense and diplomacy assignments in 2019
Can Berlin hold the West together? The new year could turn out to be a major test.
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Absent at Munich: Placing cybersecurity on the main stage of geopolitics
This year’s Munich Security Conference missed a golden opportunity to place cyber on the main stage of geopolitics.
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Former Google exec: AI movie death scenarios ‘one to two decades away’
Have you been watching too many movies? The former executive chairman of Google’s parent company wants to reassure you ― for now.
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Germany’s armed forces are in bad shape, report finds
The assessment comes just days after the defense minister vowed that Berlin would follow through on its European Union and NATO commitment for a militarily stronger Europe.
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Russia’s resurgent Navy demands a coherent response, not wishful thinking
There must be a a clear-eyed understanding of the dynamic threat from Russia and a steady, meaningful commitment to protecting the world’s open maritime domain.
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Middle East military force: Act now, beg forgiveness later?
A debate that permeated a congressional panel at Munich Security Conference is the same question that often permeates Washington: whether an administration should seek congressional authorization for military acts of deterrence.
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Is momentum building for talks between the United States and North Korea?
A Republican lawmaker said the United States is “of course” open to talk with North Korea in an effort to defuse an escalating conflict over that country’s nuclear weapons program.
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Israel’s Netanyahu and former state secretary Kerry go toe-to-toe on Iran nuclear deal
The Israel prime minister called the 2015 Iran nuclear deal a failed act of appeasement, which “has begun the countdown to an Iranian nuclear arsenal” — a notion that was strongly and passionately denied by John Kerry, former secretary of state.
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Escalate to de-escalate? US and Russia trade jabs on nuclear arms use
If anyone had any doubt left, a panel discussion today at the Munich Security Conference showcased with brutal clarity that the United States and Russia have very little common ground for a rapprochement on nuclear weapons — or much else, for that matter.
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Russia’s cyber meddling ‘sophisticated espionage,’ says national security advisor
McMaster stated firmly that United States will “expose and act against” those that use cyberspace, social media, and other means to advance campaigns of disinformation, subversion and espionage.
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McMaster to allies: Track your investments and stop funding Iran’s proxy militias
The White House national security advisor made an appeal to allies to look hard at who they’re doing business with and cut off funding that indirectly funds Hezbollah and other proxy militias that weaken Middle East nations to bolster Iranian influence.
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Germany and 2 percent for defense — it’s complicated
Lofty goals of European and NATO cooperation abound here at the Munich Security Conference, but who will pay the bill?
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UK Prime Minister May warns EU against freezing Britain out of defense developments
From space to cyber, the top government official of the U.K. sent a subtle message to the European Union that going it alone in defense development efforts would be a step backward in regional security.
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How Lindsey Graham came to embrace a European army
For Graham, the prospect of Europeans putting renewed energy into their own defense, financially and ideologically, trumps the potential drawback of diluting Western military capabilities.
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Graham to Russia on Ukraine: ‘You’re going to get what you deserve’
Defense leaders from Europe and the United States expressed optimism about the prospect of Ukraine becoming a NATO member, with Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina arguing that relations with Moscow may be beyond salvageable anyway.
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French defense minister: European defense industry needs export to survive
“It is a difficult, complicated subject, but it is necessary,” Parly says of weapon sales.
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German defense chief denounces Trump-era focus on militarism
German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen opened the Munich Security conference here today admonishing the United States, without mentioning Washington by name, for dialing back its spending on foreign development.
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The Bundeswehr, famously bureaucratic, wants to charm technology startups
Germany’s tech companies could see new business with the military, as Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen seeks to funnel more funding toward cyber technologies under plans to grow the country’s defense budget.