This is the Forward’s coverage of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a military alliance and mutual defense pact between countries in North America and Europe.
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Opinion After Hezbollah’s devastating weekend strike, global powers must step in to avert a regional war
The West is rightfully nervous about direct engagement in the Middle East. But the risks of staying out are now too high
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Opinion Can Donald Trump Learn Anything At Age 70?
(Reuters) President Donald Trump does not seem to be a religious man. He professes the Presbyterian faith, a legacy from his Scots mother, and has said he attends the Marble Collegiate (Presbyterian) Church in New York “a lot”. The church, however, issued a statement in 2015, as Trump began his presidential campaign, that “he is…
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News When NATO’s Man in Poland Ran Anti-Semitic Paper
The recent NATO summit, held for the first time ever in Warsaw, was a triumph for Poland’s defense minister, Antoni Macierewicz. The United States promised it would deploy American soldiers on Polish soil, near Russia’s border. Macierewicz shook hands with world leaders, including President Obama, who graced him with a smile. He won praise from…
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Fast Forward Israel Detente With Turkey Could Bring Closer Ties to NATO
Israel’s efforts to reconcile with NATO member Turkey will help enhance Israeli intelligence sharing and other security cooperation with the alliance, a NATO diplomat said on Tuesday. The once-strong Israeli-Turkish partnership was shattered by Israel’s killing of 10 pro-Palestinian Turkish activists who sailed against its Gaza blockade in 2010, and Ankara had chafed at Israeli…
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Opinion In Syria, 2 Clashing Goals: End Killing or Stop Iran
Now that the White House has officially acknowledged the Syrian regime’s use of chemical weapons, the question is no longer whether we get involved in the Syrian civil war, but how. This represents a victory for the smallish, outspoken group of liberal interventionists who have been arguing for an American military role, while trying to…
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Fast Forward Turkey Lifts Objection to NATO Israel Cooperation
Turkey has given approval for Israel to participate in non-military NATO activities in 2013, withdrawing an earlier objection driven by an ongoing dispute between the former regional allies, a Turkish official said on Monday. Relations between Israel and what was once its only Muslim ally crumbled after Israeli marines stormed the Mavi Marmara aid ship…
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Fast Forward Israel Says Syrian Mortar Strike Was Attack on NATO
Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor said on Thursday a deadly Syrian mortar strike on a Turkish town had to be considered an attack on a member of the NATO alliance. Israel is technically at war with Damascus and occupies the Golan Heights that it seized in the 1967 war and later annexed, but it…
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