Instead, West Germany was accepted into NATO and armed as part of the alliance. As a direct response, the Warsaw Pact was formed on May 14, 1955. One of the first motions passed was the rearming ...

Slovakia’s pro-Russian prime minister has raised the prospect of his country leaving the European Union and Nato, arguing ...

Now men will go content with what we spoiled. Or, discontent, boil bloody, and be spilled. - Wilfred Owen, “Strange Meeting” ...

The Soviet Union and its satellite states responded by founding the Warsaw Pact. The spheres of interest on the continent were thus defined. Turkey and Greece also joined NATO in 1952. The two ...

Slovakia’s prime minister raised the possibility of a future outside the European Union and NATO as he said rapidly evolving ...

As President Trump looks to fix the issues that irk him the most, the issue of NATO defense spending — one of his perennial ...

Sir Keir Starmer is facing pressure from European leaders to join a €500 billion defence scheme, amid threats to Nato by ...

Summary: Formed in 1949 to counter Soviet expansion, NATO aimed to prevent Western Europe’s military overrun, focusing on maintaining air superiority, open sea communication lines to North ...