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Looking ahead to 2020: Standoffs, abuse, hope
By World Tribune on December 31, 2019 Columnists, COMMENTARY, Exclusives, John Metzler, NATO, United Nations, Washington
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler NEW YORK — Peering into the crystal snow globe, it's time to predict, prognosticate and presage into the year ahead. Without a pun we need the proverbial 2020 vision to decipher the political and security landscape that awaits us in the new year with both long running static […]
30 years ago, the wall came tumbling down
By World Tribune on November 11, 2019 Columnists, COMMENTARY, Exclusives, John Metzler, NATO, Top Stories, United Nations, Washington
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Thirty years ago on Nov. 9 1989, the world suddenly changed. Mass civil and religious demonstrations rocking East German cities created a political tsunami which soon reached Berlin. Berlin, the divided city and German capital at the epicenter of the Cold War, would see an unexpected […]
Rise of China, demise of INF seen prompting missile migration on world's chessboard
By World Tribune on August 4, 2019 Africa / Europe, China, Exclusives, NATO, NE Asia, Russia, Top Story, Washington, World Links, World News, World Tribune
by WorldTribune Staff, August 4, 2019 After the Trump administration on Aug. 2 pulled the United States out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, analysts say the U.S. may now seek to prioritize deployment of conventional medium-range missiles near China rather than Russia. The United States "has made it very clear" it is concerned […]
Reports: U.S. halts F-35 shipments to Turkey
By World Tribune on April 2, 2019 Exclusives, Mideast, NATO, Top Stories, Turkey, Washington, World Links, World News, World Tribune
by WorldTribune Staff, April 2, 2019 The United States on April 1 said it has stopped the delivery of F-35 fighter jet parts to Turkey following the Turkish government's decision to purchase the Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile system. The U.S. said it was immediately halting the delivery of F-35 parts and manuals as the first […]
Still the cornerstone of Trans Atlantic security, NATO celebrates 70th birthday
By World Tribune on April 2, 2019 Columnists, COMMENTARY, Czech Republic, EU, Exclusives, France, Germany, Great Britain, John Metzler, NATO, Netherlands, Poland, Top Stories, U.S. Culture, U.S. Intelligence, U.S. Politics, United Nations
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Responding to the Berlin Blockade, the communist coup in Czechoslovakia, and the looming threat from the Soviet Union, the U.S. and Western European states formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). On 4 April 1949, the foreign Ministers of twelve countries including the USA, Britain, […]
China rebuffs Germany on joining nuclear arms control agreement
By World Tribune on February 24, 2019 China, EU, Exclusives, Germany, Latest From Geostrategy-Direct, NATO, Top Stories, Top Story
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct China made official its longstanding rejection of treaties that would control its nuclear weapons on Feb. 16 at the 55th Munich Security Conference. The most senior Chinese Communist Party leader to attend this annual conference, Politburo Member Yang Jiechi, rejected German Chancellor Angela Merkel's request that China join the 1987 […]
Putin probes Ukraine's sea lanes, sovereignty
By World Tribune on November 30, 2018 Columnists, EU, Exclusives, John Metzler, NATO, Russia, Top Stories, Ukraine
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — The Russian Navy has harassed and seized three Ukrainian vessels in the narrow waters linking the Black Sea with the Sea of Azov. The surprise incident in the Kerch Strait off occupied Crimea has reignited tensions between the two neighbors and refocused diplomatic attention on […]
NATO sets 'biggest military exercise since the end of the Cold War'
By World Tribune on October 26, 2018 Exclusives, NATO, Russia, Top Stories, Ukraine
Special to WorldTribune.com By Rikard Jozwiak, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty BRUSSELS — NATO is launching its largest military exercise since the collapse of the Soviet Union, mustering tens of thousands of troops in what the head of the Western alliance called a "strong display" of its capability, unity, and resolve at a time […]
New NATO: After Trump confronted allies in June, major exercise heralds new lease on life
By World Tribune on October 14, 2018 Columnists, Exclusives, NATO, Rest of The Best, Top Stories, Top Story, U.S. Intelligence, U.S. Military, Washington
Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders Considered by many historians as the most successful alliance in history, the 89-year-old North American Treaty Organization has a new lease on life. NATO's largest war games in more than 16 years, the Trident Juncture exercise in Norway, Oct. 25-Nov. 10, will include more than 45,000 Alliance troops […]
U.S. carrier group heading to Norway for largest NATO drill in 16 years
By World Tribune on October 10, 2018 Africa / Europe, Americas, Exclusives, NATO, Norway, Rest of The Best, Top Stories, U.S. Military, World Links, World Tribune
by WorldTribune Staff, October 10, 2018 NATO's largest wargames since 2002 will be held on Russia's doorstep. The Trident Juncture exercise in Norway will include more than 45,000 troops from across the alliance and will combine land, air and sea elements. About 150 aircraft, more than 60 ships and 10,000 rolling or tracked vehicles are […]