And if NATO’s unity wavers, and deterrence fails, then they’re prepared to fight. Making the world a better place starts with ...

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned that Moscow would reinforce its ground, naval and air defenses in the Baltics if Sweden and Finland joined NATO and suggested their membership would ...

But NATO's Baltic deterrent is still too small, ... Another argument against bolstering NATO's permanent forces in the Baltics would be if Sweden and Finland join NATO, as they have applied to do.

NATO memberships for Sweden and Finland will turn the Baltic Sea into a "NATO lake," said analyst Daniel Hamilton at the Brookings Institution, allowing the alliance to increase its military presence.

The addition of Finland and Sweden will reinforce the eastern edge of the alliance and increase NATO's presence around the Baltic Sea. Finland shares a land border of nearly 900 miles with Russia.

Pevkur was speaking after Britain, a NATO member, announced it would buy at least 12 F-35A jets capable of carrying nuclear warheads and that they would join NATO's airborne ... voiced by politicians ...

Additional NATO forces are there for the Baltic air policing mission, which now includes American F-35s and British and U.S. F-16s. There are also American F-35s in Lithuania.

Sweden's accession to NATO adds a final puzzle piece to the alliance around the shores of the strategically important Baltic Sea -- but Russia still poses ...

Russia's border with NATO members would more than double should Finland decide to join the military bloc this year.. NATO's land border with Russia would increase to 1,586 miles if the Nordic ...

Nato members are currently expected to spend 2% of their national income, or GDP on defence, although it is not a ...

A surprise visit to NATO headquarters by President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine — his first — injected a bit of flair to high-level meetings this week among the alliance’s defense ministers ...