Worldview: Trump basically gave Putin 50 days’ protection from new sanctions, says Phillips Payson O’Brien, professor of strategic studies at the University of St Andrews in Scotland
Kyiv to receive more Patriot missiles ‘as soon as possible’, Nato commander says
Some in Ukraine question why Trump gave Russia 50 more days to bombard them
US leader says phone calls with Vladimir Putin are ‘very pleasant - and then the missiles go off’
US president appears to cool on Vladimir Putin and welcomes move for further sanctions against Russia
Invasion of Ukraine has led Danes to rethink previous scepticism about closer EU ties
Japan’s prime minister Shigeru Ishiba raises security issue with Micheál Martin during Tokyo meeting
New capability targets aimed at readying the West for war with Russia within five years
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Ireland must find its way through an uncomfortable world of increased defence spending
While its defence budget has more than doubled since 2010, its forces have not been in a war since the 1970s
Russian foreign minister says decision to increase Nato defence spending to 5% of allies’ GDP not ‘significant’
CIA, however, says intelligence indicates Iran’s nuclear programme severely damaged
Nato endorses spending goal of 5 per cent of GDP by 2035 as allies hope pledge will prompt Trump to dispel doubts over commitment to alliance
If the White House capitulates to Putin on Ukraine, it will grossly and perhaps fatally betray the principles on which Nato was founded
Initial classified US assessment of strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites says they are only likely to set back programme by months
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends meetings at edge of summit and says he expects to have talks there with the US president
Seventeen killed and more than 200 injured in southeastern Ukraine in latest Russian missile attack
Text message shows extent of efforts to made by officials to curry favour with US president
Agreement on new defence target of 5 per cent of GDP is a win for the former Dutch prime minister
Ben Hodges tells a London audience that Nato members on continent should prepare for future Russian strikes on their air and sea ports
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Left-wing and Independent politicians claim number of Oireachtas members are uncomfortable with plans to relax triple lock
Mark Mellett calls for more defence spending: ‘State security is inextricably linked with economic security'
Economically, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are by far the most successful of post-Soviet Republics
Ahead of their meeting in Washington, the German chancellor has sought advice from recent survivors of Trump’s new reality television format
Strategic defence review launched in Westminster as UK government promises investment
Warsaw’s allies in Europe left wondering who they will be dealing with: a populist head of state or its centrist prime minister
Journalist Edward Luce on his biography of ‘cold war prophet’ Zbigniew Brzezinski, the fearful state of the US today, and ‘Lilliputian’ post-Brexit UK
Just as Trump folded his tent in the Doha discussions on Afghanistan and gave up threats to forcibly end North Korea’s missile programme, his boasts about doing deals look empty
Jet sent after Estonian navy followed flagless vessel to ensure it did not tamper with underwater cables
The writer’s theme is one of lost opportunities that could have prevented today’s war
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