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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, second left at rear, speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. (Takashi Aoyama/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan’s Kishida says he will attend NATO leaders’ summit, stresses need for dialogue with China

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Putin's to-do List Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

What would happen if Putin were to prevail in Ukraine?

By Clifford D. May

NATO defense ministers pose during a group photo at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 16, 2023. NATO defense ministers are concluding two days of meetings in which they discussed their support for Ukraine and ways to boost the defenses of eastern flank allies near Russia. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO moves to protect undersea pipelines, cables as concern mounts over Russian sabotage threat

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference after a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 16, 2023. NATO defense ministers concluded two days of meetings on Friday in which they discussed their support for Ukraine and ways to boost the defenses of eastern flank allies near Russia. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO chief appears likely to stay on as allies struggle to find a replacement for him

By Lorne Cook and Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

From left, Swedish People's Party chair Anna-Maja Henriksson, National Coalition Party chair Petteri Orpo, The Finns Party chair Riikka Purra and Christian Democrats chair Sari Essayah announce that the government programme is ready in Helsinki, Finland, Thursday, June 15, 2023. The head of Finland’s conservative National Coalition Party, which came first in the April 2 elections, will present Friday, June 16, 2023, a government program for a center-right coalition that includes a far-right anti-immigration party with “saving measures.” NCP leader Petteri Orpo, who is expected to become the Nordic nation’s next prime minister, said four parties had agreed to form a government. (Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva via AP)

Finland’s center-right leader announces four-party coalition including anti-immigrant party

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, right, greets NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, left, during a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, June 15, 2023. NATO defense ministers are holding two days of meetings to discuss their support for Ukraine and ways to boost the defenses of eastern flank allies near Russia. A meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group is being held to drum up more military aid for the war-torn country. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO sees no change in Russia’s nuclear posture despite Belarus leader’s claims

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United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, right, greets NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, left, during a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, June 15, 2023. NATO defense ministers are holding two days of meetings to discuss their support for Ukraine and ways to boost the defenses of eastern flank allies near Russia. A meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group is being held to drum up more military aid for the war-torn country. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Support mounts for Stoltenberg to stay on in NATO’s top job

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United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, left, greets Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov during a meeting on the sidelines of a NATO defense ministers meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, June 15, 2023. NATO defense ministers are holding two days of meetings to discuss their support for Ukraine and ways to boost the defenses of eastern flank allies near Russia. A meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group will also be held to drum up more military aid for the war-torn country. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool)

NATO debates ways to boost ties with Ukraine as war against Russian invasion drags on

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Sweden's new prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, speak to the media after their talks at the presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, on Nov. 8, 2022. Erdogan has said that NATO should not bet on his country approving Sweden's application to join the Western military alliance before a July summit because the Nordic nation has not fully addressed his security concerns. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Turkey, Hungary unmoved as U.S. presses Sweden’s NATO bid ‘without delay’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a pre-ministerial media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, June 14, 2023. NATO defense ministers are holding two days of meetings to discuss their support for Ukraine and ways to boost the defenses of eastern flank allies near Russia. A meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group will also be held to drum up more military aid for the war-torn country. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO chief: Alliance must back Ukraine as offensive against Russia picks up steam

By Mike Glenn and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Sweden's new prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, speak to the media after their talks at the presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, on Nov. 8, 2022. Erdogan has said that NATO should not bet on his country approving Sweden's application to join the Western military alliance before a July summit because the Nordic nation has not fully addressed his security concerns. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Turkey’s Erdogan says Sweden shouldn’t expect to join NATO any time soon

By Suzan Fraser and Robert Badendieck - Associated Press

President Joe Biden meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, June 13, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

NATO leader says Ukrainians are making progress and advancing against Russian forces

By Chris Megerian - Associated Press

Polish President Andrzej Duda, left, French President Emmanuel Macron, center, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attend a joint press conference Monday, June 12, 2023 at the Elysee palace in Paris. Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Polish President Andrzej Duda meet in Paris for talks focusing on military support for Ukraine's counteroffensive and future security guarantees to be given to the country, ahead of a NATO summit in July. (Sarah Meyssonnier, Pool via AP)

France, Germany and Poland back Ukraine’s counteroffensive in a show of unity

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

President Joe Biden, left, is greeted by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg during arrivals for a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Biden is welcoming Stoltenberg to the White House on Monday, June 12, 2023, as the competition to find his successor to lead the military alliance heats up. Stoltenberg, who has led NATO since 2014 indicated earlier this year he would move on when his term expires at the end of September. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Biden to host outgoing NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg as competition to replace him heats up

By Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

Then-NATO SecretaryGeneral 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 **

Some nations could send troops to defend Ukraine, says ex-NATO chief

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

United States Ambassador to Germany Amy Gutmann, left, and U.S. Air National Guard Director Lieutenant General Michael A. Loh, brief the media during a news conference on the Air Defender military exercise in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

NATO allies prepare unprecedented air deployment exercise over Europe in show of force to Russia

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Sweden's Defense Minister Pal Jonson, left, attends the bilateral talk with Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, not in photo, at the Defense Ministry Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in Tokyo, Japan. (David Mareuil/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan supports Sweden’s NATO membership as defense ministers strengthen ties

By Raf Wober - Associated Press

Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Jonson said Tuesday his country's top priority is to gain full NATO membership before the allied leaders gather for their next summit, saying an addition will make the trans-Atlantic alliance even stronger. (Kyodo News via AP)

Swedish defense minister says NATO full membership is top priority

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Slovakia's President Zuzana Caputova, right, Romania President Klaus Iohannis, centre, and Bulgaria Vice-President Iliana Iotova, left, arrive at the meeting of the leaders of the Bucharest Nine, a group of nine countries that make up the eastern flank of NATO, in Bratislava, Slovakia, Tuesday, June, 6, 2023. (Michal Svitok/TASR via AP)

NATO eastern flank members want to boost support for Ukraine at alliance summit in July

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen addresses a media conference in Chisinau, Moldova, prior to the European Political Community Summit, May 31, 2023. Von der Leyen on Tuesday, June 6, says she has no interest in becoming the new leader of NATO as the trans-Atlantic military alliance seeks a successor to Jens Stoltenberg. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru, file)

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says she isn’t interested in the top job at NATO

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