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Belgium's Defense Minister Theo Francken arrives for a meeting of the National Security Council in Brussels, after recent drone sightings in Belgium, on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) **FILE**

Belgium’s defense chief in Washington to help mend rift between U.S. and Europe

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Then-NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks during a press conference at the start of a NATO summit at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) ** FILE **

Ex-NATO chief Rasmussen says Europe shouldn’t rely on U.S., needs to rearm itself

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this photo, provided by the French Army on Monday, April 20, 2026, a Russian Su-35 fighter jet flies over the Baltic Sea. (Etat-Major des Armees via AP)

NATO pilots intercept Russian military aircraft over the Baltic Sea

By John Leicester - Associated Press

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, center, walks for a meeting with China's President Xi Jinping, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (Iori Sagisawa/Pool Photo via AP)

Lavrov targets NATO as Europe readies for a reduced American role

By Jacob Wirtschafter - Special to The Washington Times

FILE -Kosovo Security Forces parade during celebrations to mark the 18th anniversary of independence, in Pristina, Kosovo, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Laura Hasani, File)

Kosovo approves troop contribution for Gaza force

By Zana Cimili - Associated Press

The United States of America leaving NATO illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

U.S. must exit NATO

By Jed Babbin

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks at the Ronald Reagan Institute, Thursday, April 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Rutte the ‘Trump whisperer’ faces a fresh test as the U.S. leader turns on NATO over Iran

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

George Clooney arrives at the 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

George Clooney calls Trump’s Iran threat a ‘war crime’

By The Washington Times AI News Desk

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) **FILE**

Ahead of meeting, Trump rips NATO for failing to come through for U.S. against Iran

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

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Letter to the editor: Today’s NATO is unrecognizable

President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House, Oct. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump is expected to meet NATO leader Rutte as he muses about pulling out of the military alliance

By Michelle L. Price - Associated Press

People watch a TV screen showing a live broadcast of U.S. President Donald Trump's speech at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Trump says it would be ‘intolerable’ for Iran to have nuclear weapons

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a press conference at Downing Street in London, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool)

Transatlantic rift widens as Trump lashes out at NATO allies over unpopular Mideast war

By Jill Lawless and Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, right, meets with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte during a meeting on the sidelines of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Trump says he’s considering pulling out of ‘paper tiger’ NATO

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump threatens to leave NATO, touts Iran ceasefire

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the press following a G7 Foreign Ministers' meeting with Partner Countries at the Bourget airport in Le Bourget, outside Paris, Friday, March 27, 2026. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump criticizes European allies for not helping fix the damage his war against Iran has caused

By Aamer Madhani and Matthew Lee - Associated Press

From left: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot and Canada's Foreign Minister Anita Anand attend a working session on the second day of the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Cernay-la-Ville near Paris, March 27, 2026. (Stephanie Lecocq/Pool Photo via AP)

Rubio tries to sell Iran war to skeptical G7 diplomats after Trump insults allies

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

The death of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Is NATO dead?

By Jed Babbin

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk speaks with the media as he arrives for the EU summit in Brussels, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

Poland faced a surge in cyberattacks in 2025, including a major assault on the energy sector

By Claudia Ciobanu - Associated Press

Sappers examine the site of a Russian missile strike which hit a post office storehouse in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)

Zelenskyy in London to press for peace and Russia sanctions as Iran war steals focus

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press