EU leaders formerly endorsed the harmless sounding Permanent Structured Cooperation, or PESCO, pact on Thursday evening in Brussels. After the shock of Brexit, the goal of defence integration was revived by former military foes, Germany and France, supported by Italy and Spain, in a show of EU unity. A similar proposal was blocked by the French parliament in the 1950s (see below).
Via Oriental Review,
On Monday, Vladimir Putin unexpectedly interrupted his journey to Egypt, stopping off at Russia’s Hmeymim airbase in Syria and announcing the windup of Russia’s most successful military campaign abroad.
It’s difficult not to empathize with South Korea right now: The country is preparing to host the Pyeongchang winter games in February – a moment of immense national pride – as the risks of a terrorist attack (not to mention nuclear annihilation) have intensified.
Authored by Ryan Pickrell via The Daily Caller,
The odds that the U.S. will attack North Korea are disconcertingly high, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham revealed.
“There’s a three in 10 chance we use the military option,” Graham told the Atlantic on Wednesday, adding that he “would say 70 percent” if North Korea conducts a seventh nuclear test.
“We’re not to the tipping point yet,” he said, but “if they test another [nuclear] weapon, then all bets are off.”