Hans Petter Midttun

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Hans Petter Midttun, independent analyst on hybrid warfare, Non-Resident Fellow at the Centre for Defense Strategies, board member of the Ukrainian Institute for Security and Law of the Sea, former Defense Attaché of Norway to Ukraine, and officer (R) of the Norwegian Armed Forces.

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Opinion

Kyiv Security Forum agreed Russia’s threat is existential. It did not discuss how to defeat Moscow.

The reason was the elephant the Forum could not name: an America that no longer behaves like an ally.

NATO soldiers at the training. Source: Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE)

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Analysis

NATO’s generals warn of war by 2029. Europe won’t be ready until 2035.

The gap between threat timeline and readiness timeline is not a planning error. It is a window.

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Opinion

Trump wants out of NATO. Good. Let him go.

Not an anti-American position—a pro-European one.

NATO exercises with Ukraine operation hedgehog soldier

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Analysis

Ukraine fired its NATO trainers. The alliance is running out of time to learn why.

Ten Ukrainians eliminated two allied battalions in a day. The frigate crew never saw the attack coming.

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Opinion

I defended NATO’s values. I no longer recognize what NATO defends.

The Alliance's founding documents haven't changed. Its founding nation has.

A Ukrainain soldier with a drone. Source: Ukraine's General Staff

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Analysis

Russia’s war is getting cheaper. That’s the worst news Europe has heard in years.

Four years of data show Russia trading tanks for drones—while its new armor heads not to Ukraine, but to NATO's border.

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Opinion

Europe must stop negotiating its own defeat

In 2024, Europe backed international law. Now it's negotiating Putin's demands.

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Opinion

The alliance Russia fears isn’t NATO. It’s a coalition that will actually fight.

With Ukraine as a founding member, a coalition of committed nations would have the one thing NATO lacks: proven resolve.

USA invades Venezuela Maduro wife Putin Trump

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Opinion

Venezuela proved Trump thinks like Putin—and Europe needs new allies

Trump called Putin "genius." Then he followed the playbook.

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Opinion

Trump built Russia a kill switch. They’re already using it.

Zelenskyy warns Russia is preparing to strike Kyiv government buildings using the fabricated "attack on Putin's residence" as pretext. The same playbook Russia used in September.