In a major speech nearly a year after his invasion of Ukraine, Putin said Russia was not abandoning the New START treaty – the accord signed in 2010 that limits the number of Russian and US deployed strategic nuclear weapons. But nuclear experts said there is no provision in the treaty for either side to […]
Why does NATO want Sweden and Finland? Both have relatively strong armies. Finland has the capacity to mobilize 285,000 personnel and 650 tanks. Sweden has a strong air force and a submarine fleet adapted to the conditions in the Baltic Sea. Strategically, the two countries fill a hole in NATO’s front line against Russia while […]
