ANDREA KENDALL-TAYLOR is Senior Fellow and Director of the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American Security. From 2015 to 2018, she was Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Russia and Eurasia at the National Intelligence Council.

Rutte says China’s Xi will likely call Putin ‘to keep NATO busy in Europe,’ before he launches military operation on Taiwan; urges European allies to boost their defense spending - Anadolu Ajansı

Nato chief Mark Rutte has argued China and Russia could team up to launch simultaneous attacks across the globe in a chilling warning.

If Beijing moves against Taiwan, NATO might soon find itself in a two-front war with China and Russia — or so the alliance's secretary general believes. "If Xi Jinping would attack Taiwan, he would first make sure that he makes a call to his very junior partner in all of this,

Politicians and military leaders have warned that Russia could be ready for a full-scale war against NATO by 2029. Now, though, Germany is sending a new message. Putin, says Berlin, is already on the attack.

NATO aircraft have frequently circled the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad since the start of the war in Ukraine.

Czech President Petr Pavel has stated that both Russia and Ukraine face problems and limitations that prevent either side from gaining the upper hand in the war. Source: Pavel in an interview with BBC Ukraine,

NATO promised to use members' soaring defense budgets for a fivefold increase in air defenses. But there are problems beyond spending to fix.