Birds fly over houses overshadowed by the mountain in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 10, 2026. Florent Vergnes | Afp | Getty Images Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Wednesday delivered a rebuke to President Donald Trump’s latest push for U.S. control of Greenland, saying the Scandinavian country is ready to defend “every inch” of its…
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a longtime favorite punching bag of President Trump’s. At rallies and in interviews, he has repeatedly chastised members of the Western alliance for not spending enough on military budgets, criticized their armed forces as weak and suggested that the United States might not defend them in an attack. As…
When President Trump arrives in France on Monday just hours after taking in a series of cage fights outside the White House, U.S. allies will watch to see whether he approaches the annual Group of 7 summit there as an opportunity for collaboration or yet another brawl. Mr. Trump’s positions on trade, the war in…
Italy has called for the creation of a new European defense alliance to safeguard the continent amid growing threats from Russia and a rising reluctance by the United States to guarantee Europe’s security. The proposal, made by Italy’s defense minister, Guido Crosetto, calls on the European Union’s 27 members to form an alliance with 13…
Europeans, adrift between Russia and the United States, are in a persistent state of anxiety — about the war in Ukraine, hostility from President Trump, threats from Moscow and their own weak economies, worsened by the impact of the war in Iran. The Russian drone that hit a Romanian apartment building on Friday morning, wounding…
A Russian attack drone hit an apartment building in eastern Romania early on Friday, according to the authorities, drawing swift and sharp condemnation from NATO and the European Union. The episode comes amid heightened fears that Russia might seek to expand the war beyond Ukraine to target a member of the NATO security alliance. Ukraine…
A week after launching the war with Iran, President Trump was asked whether the map of the country would still look the same after the end of hostilities. His response was striking: “That I can’t tell you. Probably not.” In an administration that frequently confuses swagger with strategy, this remark was nonetheless extraordinary. Iran is…
There seemed nothing to fear on a sunny, windswept day last month on the banks of the Danube River, not far from the Ukrainian border. Frequent alerts about possible Russian drone attacks had proved more annoying than alarming for residents. Besides, “We are in NATO,” said Dumitru Cerneaga, a 74-year-old Romanian who was strolling by…
President Trump is right to demand that Europe spend more on its own defense. But the Trump administration’s announcement on Friday that it would pull 5,000 U.S. troops out of Germany risks weakening one of America’s best strategic investments: a military presence that deters Russia and keeps Europe’s old rivalries from becoming America’s problem again….
President Trump declared on Wednesday evening that he is “studying and reviewing the possible reduction of Troops in Germany,” in what appears to be retaliation for comments by Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, that Iran has “humiliated” the United States. Even before Mr. Merz made his comments to a group of German students, the United States…
