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Following his meeting with NATO Deputy Secretary General, Mircea Geoana, the Argentinian Minister of Defence, Luis Petri, has announced that Argentina has submitted an application to become a NATO 'Global Partner'. Within his announcement, Petri stated Argentina's intention to "modernize and train our forces to NATO standards." https://twitter.com/luispetri/status/1780917494724636691?s=46&t=We8RLpx8YdsN15-tpkJtww A global partner of NATO is not a full member of the organization,...

The Bundeswehr announced on Monday that they plan to send 5,000 soldiers to Lithuania for the construction of a permanent base that will be stationed by both members of the Bundeswehr and other members of NATO in order to further solidify the western alliance’s strength on the eastern front. A First in Decades: A detachment of 20 soldiers was sent on...

Poland has officially suspended its participation in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). President Andrzej Duda ratified the suspension, echoing NATO's concerns over Russia's longstanding treaty violations. Established in 1990, the CFE aimed to maintain a balance of conventional military forces across Europe, from the Atlantic to the Ural mountains, to reduce the risk of conflict. However,...

On March 29, Yonhap News Agency reported that the South Korean Foreign Minister, Cho Tae-yul, will be participating in a NATO session in Brussels, on April 3.  Members of NATO are represented by their foreign ministers at these meetings.  South Korea was invited to the meeting due to its designation as a non-NATO Indo-Pacific partner. Other nations with this status in...

On Monday, March 11th, the Swedish flag was raised for the first time alongside their new allys in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Sweden's flag was lifted in a ceremony at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, alongside the 31 others in the alliance, in a formal declaration of support and welcome to the newest member. Standing beside Swedish Prime Minister...