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NATO Finds a New Sense of Purpose in an Old Mission

NATO leaders gathered this week at a summit in Madrid to adopt a New Strategic Concept, a framework that sets out the alliance’s core priorities for the next decade. But the Madrid gathering was in other ways historic, ushering in further expansion of the alliance after Turkey lifted its veto …

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NATO’s New Division of Labor on Russia and China Won’t Be Easy

The bloc’s formal designation of Beijing as a threat is just a first step. Now comes the hard part. For the first time since the Mongol invasion of Europe in the 13th century, Europe now views an Asian power as a direct security threat. Unlike Japan, which overran Europe’s East …

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Top PKK terrorist killed in anti-terror op: Surrendered terrorist

A PKK terrorist who surrendered to Turkish security forces during Operation Eren Blockade-2 confessed that a “senior” terrorist has been killed, which has led many other terrorists to panic. In his testimony, the unidentified terrorist, who surrendered in the Hakkari province, told security forces that top PKK terrorist Rıdvan Alkan, …

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