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Links 8/24/2026

Our rousing daily links: CIA bought Europe, Ukraine to target more civilians, Iran gets Islamic NATO invite, class traitors, and dollar shorts.

Israel-Turkiye rivalry over Syria is reshaping the region

Chris Doyle The expert consensus was that if any power was to challenge the collective self-defense of NATO, it would be Russia. The fear has be…

Korea opens faster access to NATO standards for defense exporters

Korea’s arms procurement agency has established its first formal procedure for domestic defense companies to obtain NATO standards, a move aimed…

The Mecca Agreement is unlikely to create another Nato but it can't easily be dismissed either

The mutual-defence pact signed by Pakistan, Saudi and Türkiye has brought three middle powers together, but unlike the US-led Nato, the new alli…

Not the Outcome Russia Wanted: Ukraine’s Army Is Europe’s New Military Backbone

Ukraine’s army by the metrics of actual conventional war is Europe’s most tactically advanced and technically sophisticated. NATO’s continental…

Ex-Swedish Prime Minister calls Switzerland NATO ‘free rider’

Carl Bildt tells Tamedia there is hardly room left in today’s Europe for neutral and non-aligned states.

Mecca and the new Middle East: what it means for Cyprus

The Mecca Agreement, signed on August 7 by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, matters less for the alliance it creates than for the Middle East…

Western Military Aid to Ukraine Is not NATO-Coordinated

Western assistance to Ukraine should not be viewed as action carried out through NATO channels, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

Algorithm war: NATO Polithem plan vs Russian air defense

Algorithm war: NATO Polithem plan vs Russian air defense

NATO Members Considering Freedom Of Navigation In Hormuz

NATO ships strengthen Allied maritime readiness during Exercise Northern Viking

Why did US refuelling aircraft abruptly leave Bulgaria? ‘Iranian threat or Russian plane?’

The departure of US military aircraft from Bulgaria has sparked concern among military experts, who suggest the withdrawal is a negative sign fo…

The future of Islamic NATO

A defence treaty agreed in Mecca on August 7 binds Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan to a single mutual-defense promise: an armed attack on one…

paranoid neighbours pretending to fight for democracy and freedom, in naziland....

Poland started to construct a defensive barrier along its border with Russia and Belarus in 2024. The East Shield defense system will eventually…

Could NATO go to war with Israel over Turkey?

Turkey’s NATO membership raises the stakes of any clash with Israel, but Article 5 would not mean automatic war; geography, who struck first and…

NATO On Alert Over Iranian Threat To European Allies

NATO’s chief has sought to reassure Bulgaria of the military alliance’s support amid reports that Iran has weighed attacking American military t…

Latvia: Drones, hybrid warfare, and the redeployment of Canadian troops

As Russian threats escalate in Latvia, a Canadian-led NATO mission is strengthening its presence near the Russian and Belarusian borders.

Mecca Agreement: A Muslim Nato or yet another Baghdad Pact?

The Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani pact reinforces the US-run regional order that analysts claim it defies - which explains why Trump was so quick to b…