Tag Archives: NATO

2025: A Year of Disappointments                

Posted on December 15, 2025 by Ali Tuygan

December 15, 2025 In two weeks, the year 2025 will be behind us. The end of a year is a moment of reflection on the achievements, disappointments, and failures of the past twelve months and whether different paths could have … Continue reading →

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Trump’s 28-point Ukraine-Russia Peace Plan

Posted on November 22, 2025 by Ali Tuygan

November 22, 2025 President Trump’s 28-point Ukraine-Russia peace plan is now public knowledge, making it clear that since the August 15, 2025, Alaska summit, Washington and Moscow have remained engaged in behind-closed-doors diplomatic talks, working on the details of a … Continue reading →

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Defining Days for Ukraine and Russia-West Relations

Posted on August 19, 2025 by Ali Tuygan

August 19, 2025 Over the past month, the world has remained focused on what was likely to prove the climactic episode of the Russia-Ukraine war. In early July, President Donald Trump issued his harshest criticism of President Putin, stating that … Continue reading →

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President Trump’s Fifty-Day “Ultimatum”

Posted on July 21, 2025 by Ali Tuygan

July 21, 2025 After six months in office in his second term, the world has become accustomed to President Trump’s surprising changes of direction. Thus, his recent turnabout on the war in Ukraine and his relationship with President Putin, following … Continue reading →

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Ukraine Peace: A Challenge for Transatlantic Relations

Posted on March 10, 2025 by Ali Tuygan

March 10, 2025 On February 19, 2021, President Biden addressed the Virtual Munich Security Conference. He declared, “America is back.” Last week, President Trump delivered his State of the Union address before Congress. He started his remarks with the following: … Continue reading →

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NATO’s Washington Summit

Posted on July 15, 2024 by Ali Tuygan

July 15, 2024 In a post two weeks ago, I said that an assessment of NATO’s past 75 years must have two principal chapters: One on NATO’s performance in providing security for the territory of its members, under Article 5 … Continue reading →

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NATO’s 75th Anniversary

Posted on July 3, 2024 by Ali Tuygan

July 3, 2024 As the NATO Heads of State meetings start in Washington next week, many will look at the past and evaluate the Alliance’s performance in the past 75 years. In my view, such an assessment must have two … Continue reading →

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Russia, China, and the War in Gaza

Posted on January 25, 2024 by Ali Tuygan

January 25, 2024 On October 7, 2023, a comment by Russia’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated that the conflict, which has continued for 75 years, cannot be resolved by force and can be settled exclusively by political and diplomatic … Continue reading →

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Looking Back at the Year 2023

Posted on December 18, 2023 by Ali Tuygan

December 18, 2023 For most of the past year, the war in Ukraine and Washington’s strategic competition with China dominated the global agenda. Then came the October 7 Hamas onslaught against Israel creating yet another maelstrom of uncertainty for the … Continue reading →

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The West, Neither at War nor at Peace

Posted on December 4, 2023 by Ali Tuygan

December 4, 2023 On November 29, the statement issued by the NATO-Ukraine Council at the level of Foreign Ministers said that allies remain steadfast in their commitment to further step up political and practical support to Ukraine as it continues … Continue reading →

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