100 percent! I am so glad NATO keeps setting the record straight on this myth.

Thank you Daniel Fried, I appreciate your comment and agree with your conclusion: we need to resume sustained US and European military assistance to Ukraine.

NEW: While Russia intensifies attacks on Ukraine's infrastructure, Ukraine can achieve a tactical breakthrough on the ground through relentless and precise air attacks synchronized with combined arms operations: foreignpolicy.com/2024/01/08/ukr… Ambassador Bridget A. Brink

Calm after the storm on the Pacific at San Gregorio Beach. I am wishing everyone peace and tranquility for the New Year.

Join the commemoration of #InternationalMigrantsDay with a heartfelt migrant family story in dance at London’s Sadler’s Wells. Brilliant work by Kate Prince ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company. Heads up, it’s behind a paywall:
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Thank you Angela Kane! We had a wonderful discussion. My thanks as well MOFA of Japan for terrific organization.

Meanwhile, London is decked for the holidays: here’s the tree in Covent Garden. Warm best wishes to you and yours in this festive season.

Sign at a construction site in London. Not sure what it means for builders, but a reminder to us all to avoid existential dread, especially at Christmas time. 😉🎄🥂

🎄 Season's greetings from all of us at NATO

#WeAreNATO

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Wonderful to see my old friend ⁦WPS⁩ ⁦Wilton Park⁩. We are here for ‘Nukes At Christmas’ (NPT Diplomacy Towards the 2026 Review Conference). Many good friends and colleagues here.

I was so glad to be in Nagasaki for the Third Meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons (IGEP) mofa.go.jp/dns/ac_d/page3… Thank you!

Fantastic! I well remember our hot dog party when we inaugurated the new NATO HQ in 2017. Jens Stoltenberg is a great host! Merry Christmas everybody!

⁦NATO⁩ is getting ready for the holiday season and ⁦Jens Stoltenberg⁩ offered staff pancakes this year. Senior staff served them - under very close expert supervision.

Memorial to 26 Christian martyrs killed in 1597: a remarkable story. And lovely evening in Nagasaki.

Also visited Church of St Philip, built in 1962 by architect Kenzo Imai, a student of #Gaudi . Remarkable building! Nagasaki is beautiful.

Beautiful evening at Dejima, the European trading post in Nagasaki. Beginning in 1638, the Portuguese and then the Dutch traded spices, cloth, metals and other goods here. Remarkable preservation! Dining room set for Christmas dinner! 🎄🥂

🎥 WATCH | Is U.S. National Security in Jeopardy? youtu.be/gAj7w0SzM9g?fe… At Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California Commission Chair Dr. Madelyn Creedon, Vice Chair Jon Kyle, Dr. Gloria Duffy, and I discuss the U.S. Strategic Posture Commissioners’ Report. FSI Stanford CISAC Carnegie Endowment

Since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ukraine's armed forces have transformed significantly, now standing out as the most seasoned in modern warfare, gaining invaluable lessons and expertise on the battlefield.

It is encouraging to learn of the mutual release of detainees in both Azerbaijan and Armenia, a key step in building trust and ensuring a commitment to implementing the long-awaited peace agreement.