A theoretical discussion about NATO contingency planning has erupted into a nationwide political storm in Romania, after comments by Defense Minister Radu Miruță on possible troop deployment scenarios to Greenland were distorted, amplified online, and weaponized by political actors and…

Threats toward Greenland are putting NATO to a test like never before. The stakes are not merely the Arctic, but the credibility of the entire European security system – especially on its Eastern flank. NATO’s measured response to Donald Trump’s…

Romania’s Chief of Defense Staff, General Vlad Gheorghiță, recently said that the Neptun Deep area in the Black Sea is not covered by NATO’s Article 5. Starting from the provision of Article 5 of the NATO Treaty, which states that…

U.S. President Donald Trump announced the framework of an agreement on Greenland that he reportedly developed yesterday alongside NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. What does the U.S.-NATO accord entail? On Wednesday, August 21, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on his…

When the United States topples the leader of another sovereign nation and frames it as a show of strength and a point of pride, the world takes notice. If America openly disregards international rules it helped to create, why should…

Donald Trump has made it strikingly clear that, in transatlantic relations, Europe is no longer an automatic strategic partner for the United States. American security guarantees now appear to depend more on political and financial interests than on shared values.…

London and Paris have signed a declaration of intent to deploy troops to Ukraine in the event of a peace agreement with Russia. However, the target number of soldiers has been sharply revised downward—from an initially planned 64,000 to just…

A week before Christmas, media outlets picked up a warning from German CDU MP Roderich Kiesewetter. In an interview with Germany’s N-TV, he claimed that Russia was “training hundreds of thousands of soldiers who will not be deployed to Ukraine”. According to him, they are stationed in the territory of collaborating Belarus and are prepared to attack NATO in the future. He estimated the number of such troops at between 350,000 and 360,000.

Romania aims to follow Poland’s path, an ambition made possible in part by the advantages it has gained – and continues to gain – from membership in NATO and the European Union. This membership has created the conditions for Romania’s transition to this new strategic concept: solidary independence.