Europe

Donald Trump's recent suggestion the US would not protect NATO allies failing to spend enough on defense has sent shockwaves across Europe. The Republican frontrunner said he had told allies he would "encourage" Russia to attack any NATO member that...

Boris Johnson's failed attempt to return to power in the UK sends a strong signal to his US ally Donald Trump that strongman populism may have had its day. Johnson, who resigned less than seven weeks ago, announced late on...

As world leaders, including Greece's Kyriakos Mitsotakis, rushed to congratulate Joe Biden for his victory in the 2020 Presidential elections, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, remained silent. Erdogan, along with the leaders of Russia, Israel, Iran, Hungary, Saudi Arabia and...

U.S. President Donald Trump has approved a defense budget bill that suspends the sale of  F-35 fighter jets to Turkey. The $716 billion John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (NDAA) prohibits the sale of F-35...

U.S. President Donald Trump has tweeted to confirm he will double steel and aluminum tariffs on Turkish imports as the lira crashed to 6.51 per dollar, putting pressure on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Erdogan has already called on Turks to...

Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, is the latest of world organization leaders to congratulate U.S. President-Elect Trump. His Holiness recently wrote a letter to Trump highlighting his hopes for the new U.S. leader to help build...

The war in Ukraine has brought the military balance in Europe between Russia and NATO back to the forefront of geostrategic thinking. After the end of the Cold War and the demise of the USSR, Eastern Europe's geostrategic importance as...

Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) is emerging as a crucial key solution to reduce the carbon footprint of the aviation industry. As air travel continues to grow post-pandemic, there is an increasing interest in SAF both by businesses and governments....

Greece and Turkey on Thursday will formally join the European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI), a German-led missile defense project, according to Minister of Defense Nikos Dendias. ESSI is a project to build a ground-based integrated European air defense system that...

The UN special rapporteur on torture, Alice Jill Edwards, urged the UK on Tuesday to halt the possible extradition of Julian Assange to the US. Edwards urged authorities to heed his appeal as he highlighted Assange's fragile mental state and...

In a video posted on X, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson says he will soon interview Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Carlson said he wanted to go ahead with the interview because "Americans have a right to know...

King Charles III, whose coronation takes place today, May 6, is an admirer of Greece and a staunch Philhellene. His Majesty has visited Greece several times, the most recent being in March 2021, when he attended the bicentennial of the...

A video has emerged online which appears to show the execution of an unarmed Ukrainian soldier who was taken as a prisoner of war (POW) by Russian forces. The video shows the serviceman smoking a cigarette before being gunned down...

Russian President Vladimir Putin was kept waiting for his grip and grin meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as the assembled news media filmed all of Tuesday's awkward moment. For the record, Putin stood, fidgeting and looking a bit...

Finland and Sweden have expressed their wish to join NATO, but Turkish President Erdogan has publicly stated that he will not support the move. By Professor Ronald Suny After decades of neutrality, the two Nordic states that have to date remained...