Adaptation — to a multipolar world in which Washington doesn’t always call the shots — is the first step.

The Atlantic Alliance has called Moscow its ‘most significant and direct threat,’ but how do both sides’ militaries actually compare?

At the NATO summit in Madrid, Finland was invited to join the alliance. What does this mean for Finland?

His announcement to step up military involvement in Europe reflects his choice of war over peace.

Incongruity was the hallmark of the extraordinary NATO summit just concluded in Madrid. NATO offered bluster and promised muster: more troops against its “most significant and direct threat ,” Russia. Meanwhile, Russian “cauldron”maneuvers in Donbas methodically destroyed or enveloped major units of Kyiv’s army, further strengthening Russia’s position there.

Conflicts have a history of spinning out of control. Trotsky, the one-time close comrade of Lenin, reportedly said, “You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you”. The overwhelming majority of Ukrainians were not interested in war until President Volodymyr Zelensky took his counterproductive stance on NATO membership and President Vladimir Putin subsequently launched his invasion and united most of Ukraine’s people against him.

After lying for months, the media are preparing the public for Ukraine’s military collapse.

The intensity of the Ukrainian conflict continues to rise. There’s a non-stop flow of statements by high-level US and EU officials suggesting Russia is the top threat to the world’s security and portraying Vladimir Putin as a mix of Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gadhafi, Osama bin Laden all rolled into one.

What is the Institute for the Study of War? And why do America’s elite media outlets trust it?

Clinton campaign manager Robbie Mook recently admitted under oath that prior to the 2016 election Mrs. Clinton personally approved feeding the media a bogus story that Donald Trump had a back channel to Alfa Bank in Moscow.