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French President Emmanuel Macron, left, greets Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer as he arrives for an informal meeting of leaders from key European Union nations and the United Kingdom at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

U.S., Russian teams to meet as Trump presses Russia-Ukraine diplomacy; EU, Kyiv on separate track

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio boards a plane as he departs Joint Base Andrews, Md., for the Munich Security Conference, on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

Rubio, other officials defend Russia outreach as Ukraine says it will ‘never accept’ imposed peace

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

From left, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission Kaja Kallas, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, European Commissioner for Defense and Space Andrius Kubilius, Spanish Foreign Jose Manuel Albares and Italian Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs Maria Tripodi talk during a meeting on European defence and Ukraine, at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris, France, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (Christophe Petit-Tesson, Pool Photo via AP)

Europe quietly works on a plan to send troops to Ukraine for post-war security

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

United States Vice-President J.D. Vance addresses the audience during the Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Vance urges European officials to stem illegal migration, says voters don’t want ‘floodgates’ open

By Aamer Madhani, Matthew Lee and Stefanie Dazio - Associated Press

United States Vice-President J.D. Vance, right, and Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Vance will meet Zelenskyy amid concerns about U.S.-Russia talks to end the war in Ukraine

By Aamer Madhani, Matthew Lee and Stefanie Dazio - Associated Press

United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, center, speaks with Germany's Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, right, and Finland's Defense Minister Antti Hakkanen, left, during a meeting of the North Atlantic Council in defense ministers format at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Hegseth stands by comments that Ukraine must give up land in peace deal

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, front left, and Britain's Defense Secretary John Healey, front second left, pose with other ministers during a group photo of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

NATO is in disarray after the U.S. announces that its security priorities lie elsewhere

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact group at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

Hegseth calls for end to Russia-Ukraine war, says U.S. won’t have troops on the ground

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, center, walks with Britain's Defense Secretary John Healey prior to a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of a NATO defense ministers meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (Johanna Geron, Pool Photo via AP)

Defense chief Hegseth calls NATO membership for Ukraine unrealistic

By Lorne Cook and Tara Copp - Associated Press

United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, left, walks with Britain's Defense Secretary John Healey prior to a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of a NATO defense ministers meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (Johanna Geron, Pool Photo via AP)

Hegseth makes first visit to NATO with allies impatient to hear about U.S. plans for Ukraine

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth responds to a reporter's question before the start of a meeting with visiting Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles at the Pentagon, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

NATO allies await Pete Hegseth’s visit, the first by a member of the Trump administration

By Lorne Cook and Tara Copp - Associated Press

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, left, speaks with Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk as they arrive for an EU summit at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

EU leaders ponder the ‘cruel paradox’ of a U.S. ally threatening tariffs and a possible land grab

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

An Estonian naval ship sails in the Baltic Sea on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, as part of stepped-up NATO patrols in the region following suspected sabotage of undersea cables. (AP Photo/Hendrik Osula)

Latvia seeks cooperation from Baltic Sea allies in finding cause of undersea data cable rupture

Associated Press

Thousands of protesters gather to oppose the policies of Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico in Bratislava, Slovakia, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Tens of thousands protest in Slovakia over pro-Russia policies of populist leader Fico

Associated Press

A general view of the Meeting of the North Atlantic Council Session with fellow heads of state at the NATO summit at the IFEMA arena in Madrid, on June 30, 2022. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Why meeting Trump’s military spending target could be tough for NATO’s lowest spender

By Suman Naishadham - Associated Press

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a joint press conference with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto after their meeting at Bogor Presidential Palace in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

North Korea slams Japan’s new mission to NATO

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

An Estonian naval ship sails in the Baltic Sea on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, as part of stepped-up NATO patrols in the region following suspected sabotage of undersea cables. (AP Photo/Hendrik Osula)

Estonia steps up patrols in the icy Baltic Sea in a show of force after suspected cable sabotage

By Emma Burrows and Hendrik Osula - Associated Press

President-elect Donald Trump walks with Melania Trump at the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Washington, followed by Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump, the ‘America First’ candidate, has a new preoccupation: Imperialism

By Jill Colvin and Rob Gillies - Associated Press

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gives a statement at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Scholz says borders must be respected in pushback to Trump’s Greenland comments

Associated Press

America's foreign policy with Poland, Turkey and Israel illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Reassessing U.S. alliances, even within NATO

By Bobby Rechnitz