Tag: NATO

Friedrich Merz has warned of the end of NATO as the incoming German Chancellor is set to defy Washington by teaming up with the losing Left-wing parties, including the extreme Greens, and freezing out surging AfD.

A document reported by Ukrainian media to be Trump's 'Peace Plan for Ukraine' has been leaked and includes a ceasefire by Easter, the ceding of land to Russia and no NATO membership.

Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday night that he was willing to cede territory to Russia to end the war for the first time on condition that Ukraine is admitted to NATO "fast".

The world is closer to nuclear war than at any point since the Cuban missile crisis. And to what end, asks Eugyppius. Merely to "send a message" to North Korea, it appears.

Volodymyr Zelensky has suggested that Ukraine would seek nuclear weapons unless it is given NATO membership as it needs a strong deterrent against Russia.

The journalist Aaron Bastani has argued that conservatives who oppose mass immigration into Europe should also oppose Western military interventions in the Middle East. But is the premise of this argument true?

158 academics have signed a letter calling for NATO to admit Ukraine. But they don't address the crucial question of when Ukraine should be admitted: now, or once the war is over. Neither option is straightforward.

The West "provoked" the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Nigel Farage has said. The expansion of NATO and the European Union gave Putin "an excuse" to go to war.

It's becoming clear to everyone except our rulers that Ukraine is losing and can now never win if winning means expelling all Russian troops, says David Craig. The longer it goes on, the worse it gets for Ukraine.

In the latest Weekly Sceptic podcast – recorded live at the Hippodrome in Leicester Square – the talking points are Joe Biden's failing memory, Trump's radical NATO shake-up and Putin giving Tucker a history lesson.