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Trump’s prodding may resurrect Canada’s military

By Anthony De Luca-Baratta and Jamie Tronnes

People gather to take part at a protest called "Slovakia is Europe" in Bratislava Friday, March 7, 2025. (Jakub Kotian/TASR via AP)

Slovakian crowds continue protest against pro-Russian policies of populist Premier Robert Fico

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President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump casts doubt on NATO solidarity, despite it aiding the U.S. after Sept. 11

By Michelle L. Price - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer is greeted by President Donald Trump as he arrives at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Trump says Ukraine joining NATO is ‘not going to happen’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz casts his vote at a polling station in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, during the German national election. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Discontented Germany votes in an election with economy, migration and far-right strength in focus

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

Trump and Russia’s war with Ukraine illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Trump’s Art of Surrender: Victim blaming Ukraine for Russia’s unprovoked invasion projects weakness

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro

Natali Sevriukova reacts next to her house following a rocket attack the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 25, 2022. The yearlong war in Ukraine has left tens of thousands of dead and wounded on both sides, disrupted energy and food supplies, and reduced whole cities to ruins. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

Russia seems to have time on its side as the war in Ukraine reaches its third year

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Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen speaks as she participates in a panel discussion during the Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Denmark announces plans to bolster its defense spending and raise it above 3% of GDP

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Servicemen run during the Steadfast Dart 2025 exercise, involving some 10,000 troops in three different countries from nine nations, representing the largest NATO operation planned this year, at a training range in Smardan, eastern Romania, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

A worried NATO holds large-scale combat drills as the U.S. shifts its Europe stance under Trump

By Stephen McGrath and Nicolae Dumitrache - Associated Press

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

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

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, 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, 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

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

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