North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato)

What happens if Trump wins the next election and US opinion and interests shift, leaving Europeans and Ukrainians potentially stranded in their shared solidarity and vulnerability?

Polish prime minister warns of plan to destabilise country before October election

Polish prime minister warns of ‘a step toward further hybrid attacks’ from mercenaries near the Suwałki Gap on the Polish-Lithuanian border

Two-thirds of party delegates back Maximilian Krah, a controversial 46-year-old lawyer and former member of Germany’s centre-right Christian Democratic Union

Attack smashed roof and several walls of Transfiguration Cathedral in city centre, causing a fire and hurling rubble through interior of Unesco world heritage site

Kyiv has made only small gains since launch of kickback campaign in June and, in recent weeks, appears stalled in some areas

The bigger picture of a stronger, multilateral UN system is more relevant to Ireland’s record than seeking an urgent end to the triple lock system

In the last 18 months Germany has rapidly revived its military and assumed a key role in European defence

UK defence secretary Ben Wallace says western backers want ‘gratitude’ as Zelenskiy pushes for more

Sweden finally got unanimous support from alliance members this week after a shift from two holdouts Turkey and Hungary

Backing Sweden’s Nato bid is part of Ankara’s effort to ease tensions and unblock trade

‘I urge the people of Ireland to keep an open mind’

Draft statement says Kyiv’s ‘future’ lies in military alliance but issue has exposed divisions among members

Pyongyang intensifies rhetoric in advance of South Korean president’s attendance at Nato summit

Ukraine ‘not yet ready’ to join Nato, Biden says, as US faces criticism over providing widely banned munitions

Alliance chief Stoltenberg says members will agree on steps ‘to bring Ukraine closer’

Several times the President has shown he cares little about the limitations of his office

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Polls suggest prevailing attitude to Nato is total confusion. Influential figures should be chivvying us all towards expert forums to make up our own minds

Hybrid threats, Nato cooperation and climate change dominated the forum, along with protests from anti-war groups

Military alliance due to hold major summit in Lithuania next month

“Neutrality is not a religion” says Swiss speaker

Protesters interrupt event with claims Ireland is a ‘vassal state’ of the United States

The discussions to date have proved an opportunity for a wide-ranging discussion

Breda O’Brien: Even when people are trying to be scrupulously fair, it is virtually impossible to be free of the conditioning of an influential elite

Supporters often assume that neutrality is a morally superior policy. Those who support this view should pause for a moment to consider Ukraine

Any peacekeeping operation outside the UN framework would most likely be EU- or NATO-led, and would lack international legitimacy

Pro-neutrality activists describe discussions as ‘stacked’ with speakers in favour of ‘closer alignment with Nato’

The opening session of the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy in UCC was overshadowed by anti-war protesters

Hecklers removed by gardaí after Tánaiste and forum chair Louise Richardson interrupted

Party’s traditional stance endorsed by TDs and Senators following private meeting in advance of planned neutrality forums

The Kreuzberg protest was designed to disrupt the exercises – and the ‘dominating countries of the world who are relying on aggression’

Event organised by Irish Neutrality League in Dublin rejects any attempt to move Ireland closer to Nato

Michael D Higgins singled out Prof Louise Richardson in an interview where he pointedly referred to her ‘very large letter DBE’

Ireland continues to agonise over the moral ambiguity and political implications of neutrality amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Ireland in ‘drift’ towards Nato, says Higgins ahead of Government neutrality debates

Ipsos survey finds majority in favour of beefing up defence spending amid new threats

Irish Times/Ipsos poll: Surprising numbers are comfortable with British air defence agreement, even among Sinn Féin voters

‘Ireland’s policy of neutrality means that Ireland doesn’t participate in military alliances, or adopt mutual defence clauses’, says Taoiseach