Military alliances
Trump Wants NATO to Expand into the Middle East and to be Renamed NATOME
US President Donald Trump believes NATO needs to expand to include countries in the Middle East, and suggests a new name for the 70-year-old Alliance: NATOME, short for NATO-Middle East.
"What a beautiful name -- NATOME," Trump said Thursday, pronouncing it "Nay-TOE-me."
Iohannis: Romania's interests not affected by aggravation of security situation in Middle East
Romania's interests were not affected by the aggravation of the security situation in the Middle East, stated on Thursday, in a press statement at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace, President Klaus Iohannis. "In the past days we have observed the aggravation of the security situation in the Middle East, which affects especially the stability in Iraq and in the region.
The winner’s curse
A key irony of our times is this: The United States and Britain have been accused in previous decades of constructing an international order to suit their interests. The postwar Western and global system was governed by the international institutions and organizations they created (from Bretton Woods to NATO).
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FM Çavuşoğlu says Turkey to continue having ‘key role’ in Europe, Asia
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Dec. 26 said that Turkey will continue its key role in both Europe and Asia as a NATO member.
Speaking at a symposium on the "Asia Anew" initiative, Çavuşoğlu said that Turkey has one of the largest diplomatic networks in the world as it has 32 embassies in Asia, excluding the Middle East.
Macedonian Businesses Eye Lucrative NATO Tenders
The country's imminent accession to NATO has opened up vistas of highly profitable sales of goods and services to the alliance - which local companies are pondering with interest.
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‘Reform Program’ Fails to Clarify Bosnia’s NATO Ties
Bosnian media on Friday published the controversial document that Bosnia has sent to NATO headquarters instead of the Annual National Programme, ANP, which lays out the next steps toward NATO membership and activates the country's dormant Membership Action Plan, MAP.
"It would be great if Serbia wanted to join NATO"
However, he added, it depends on Serbia to what extent it would like to develop and deepen cooperation.
"It would be great if Serbia wanted to become a NATO member. You are currently a partner and your country is very pleased with that. It suits us", Foggo told "Blic".
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Merkel criticized Macron; "Relations between France and Germany heavily deteriorated"
On the sidelines of celebrating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the German Chancellor was in sharp private criticism of a colleague, according to the "New York Times".
ForMin Aurescu, SecState Pompeo discuss forward Black Sea NATO presence
Romania's Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu on Wednesday met US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on the sidelines of a meeting in Brussels of NATO chief diplomats. The two senior officials reviewed the agenda of the NATO ministerial meeting and highlighted the importance of advancing NATO's adaptation process in step with developments in security in the Euro-Atlantic area.
#2019PresidentialElection/ President Iohannis about European army: Creating parallelism with NATO won't help anyone
European defence must be improved, President Klaus Iohannis stated on Tuesday, but a parallelism between such structure and NATO "won't help anyone." During the debate with journalists and representatives of the civil society taking place at the Auditorium of the Central University Library, Iohannis said in his opinion an independent European army won't be feasible.