ICYMI: Trump ordered a halt to “the delivery of interceptor missiles for Patriot and NASAMS air defense systems, which have saved an untold number of lives as they shielded Ukrainian cities from missile and drone attacks,

Alliance member states have been sounding the alarm about Europe's collective security amid Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Pierre de Bailliencourt says Trump's position on defense, NATO and tariffs has opened a vast unknown for Europe. She also says Europe has the know-how and infrastructure to defend itself, but lacks the budget and coherent will.

As the re-elected US president threatened to slap 25 per cent tariffs on imports from the EU and demurred on security guarantees for Ukraine and Nato, our expert panel took FT subscribers’ questions on the following topics and more: Will EU countries shoulder more of their own defence and build up a co-ordinated defence industry as Trump eyes talks to end Russia’s war on Ukraine bypassing Ukraine?

The simple reality is that America spends 70 percent of the NATO defense budget. All the other nations combined spend about 30 percent.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a staunch supporter of Trump and considered to be Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest ally in Europe, refused to endorse part of the summit statement in favor of Ukraine and claims that it is the European Union who isolated itself,

Higher European defence budgets and a ramp-up of production by military equipment industries are necessary to secure Europe, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said in a German newspaper interview.

WSJ unpacks the allegations of sabotage that have turned the Baltic Sea into the focal point of Moscow’s hybrid war with NATO.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is back in Europe. He attended a summit in London, with 18 European leaders, including the United Kingdom prime minister, along with Canada's prime minister, and officials from NATO.

The Greatest Generation lost over 400,000 men fighting fascism in Europe and Asia. Once the enemy was defeated, American money helped Europe rebuild. Then we created NATO to stand against Russia.

Turkey, with NATO's second-largest army and a Black Sea coastline, is looking to play a key role in Europe's security after Washington's pivot away from the region.