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Why Trump’s threat to NATO can force Europe to rethink its nuclear defence

The world that emerges from the Second Cold War will have little resemblance to the one we inherited from its first iteration.

How Trump’s NATO-bashing has sent shockwaves throughout Europe

Former US President Donald Trump said last week that Russia is free to attack any NATO ally that wasn’t meeting defence spending obligations. Many wonder if it has hurt his presidential bid. 

‘West is on decline’, Putin tells Tucker Carlson, highlights Russia’s ties with China

In a rare interview with an American journalist, the Russian president also said the war with Ukraine would stop in a few weeks if the US stopped supplying arms to Kyiv.

Ukraine won opening phases of war against Russia, will win in long term, says Ukrainian envoy 

Oleksandr Polishchuk says joining EU & NATO are “existential” choices for Kyiv's security — otherwise it would have to rejoin nuclear arms club. Part 2 of 3-part interview series.

‘No plan to attack NATO’ — Putin dismisses Biden’s claims, calls it ‘nonsense’

Russia-Ukraine war has stained Moscow's relations with West & US President Joe Biden, last year, warned about a World War-III in case of direct confrontation between NATO and Russia.

How Russia-Ukraine war reached an impasse & key takeaways from Putin’s press conference

This is the edited transcript of ThePrint CutTheClutter Ep 1367, published on 14 Dec 2023, on stalemate in Russia-Ukraine war & takeaways from Putin’s press conference.

Do Poland & Hungary see Russia the same way? What Pew survey found about ‘ex-Soviet satellites’

While two-thirds of surveyed in Poland want increased sanctions on Moscow, just 8 percent of Hungarians agree, finds American think tank

Populist, pro-Russia Robert Fico wins Slovakia election: What it means for EU & war in Ukraine

Three-time PM Robert Fico’s SMER-SD secured most votes in elections to Slovakia's National Council. Fico has promised to end military aid for Ukraine & block its bid to join NATO.

Germany sets sights on leading Europe with ‘best equipped’ NATO army division by 2025

With an 'optimistic' outlook, the country's Army chief said that the division would initially have 80%-90% of the required personnel, and these plans have been agreed upon with NATO.

Japan and NATO join hands in new partnership deal at NATO Vilnius summit 2023

The new partnership programme comes as NATO explores a deeper engagement with Asia while China increases its military presence.

On Camera

India must create more Sarvepalli Radhakrishnans. And move on from Macaulay

Macaulay had total contempt for Indian literature and for Middle Eastern writing in Persian or Arabic. He was supremely confident that English schoolgirls are better informed than Indian scholars.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.