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  Trump says US backs NATO ‘100%,’ after report he discussed withdrawal

  “We will be with NATO 100 percent, but as I told the countries, you have to step up,” President Donald Trump said at the Pentagon.

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  Germany picks up two thorny defense and diplomacy assignments in 2019

  Can Berlin hold the West together? The new year could turn out to be a major test.

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  Absent at Munich: Placing cybersecurity on the main stage of geopolitics

  This year’s Munich Security Conference missed a golden opportunity to place cyber on the main stage of geopolitics.

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  Former Google exec: AI movie death scenarios ‘one to two decades away’

  Have you been watching too many movies? The former executive chairman of Google’s parent company wants to reassure you ― for now.

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  Germany’s armed forces are in bad shape, report finds

  The assessment comes just days after the defense minister vowed that Berlin would follow through on its European Union and NATO commitment for a militarily stronger Europe.

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  Russia’s resurgent Navy demands a coherent response, not wishful thinking

  There must be a a clear-eyed understanding of the dynamic threat from Russia and a steady, meaningful commitment to protecting the world’s open maritime domain.

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  Middle East military force: Act now, beg forgiveness later?

  A debate that permeated a congressional panel at Munich Security Conference is the same question that often permeates Washington: whether an administration should seek congressional authorization for military acts of deterrence.

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  Is momentum building for talks between the United States and North Korea?

  A Republican lawmaker said the United States is “of course” open to talk with North Korea in an effort to defuse an escalating conflict over that country’s nuclear weapons program.

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  Israel’s Netanyahu and former state secretary Kerry go toe-to-toe on Iran nuclear deal

  The Israel prime minister called the 2015 Iran nuclear deal a failed act of appeasement, which “has begun the countdown to an Iranian nuclear arsenal” — a notion that was strongly and passionately denied by John Kerry, former secretary of state.

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  Escalate to de-escalate? US and Russia trade jabs on nuclear arms use

  If anyone had any doubt left, a panel discussion today at the Munich Security Conference showcased with brutal clarity that the United States and Russia have very little common ground for a rapprochement on nuclear weapons — or much else, for that matter.

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  Russia’s cyber meddling ‘sophisticated espionage,’ says national security advisor

  McMaster stated firmly that United States will “expose and act against” those that use cyberspace, social media, and other means to advance campaigns of disinformation, subversion and espionage.

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  McMaster to allies: Track your investments and stop funding Iran’s proxy militias

  The White House national security advisor made an appeal to allies to look hard at who they’re doing business with and cut off funding that indirectly funds Hezbollah and other proxy militias that weaken Middle East nations to bolster Iranian influence.

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  Germany and 2 percent for defense — it’s complicated

  Lofty goals of European and NATO cooperation abound here at the Munich Security Conference, but who will pay the bill?

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  UK Prime Minister May warns EU against freezing Britain out of defense developments

  From space to cyber, the top government official of the U.K. sent a subtle message to the European Union that going it alone in defense development efforts would be a step backward in regional security.

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  How Lindsey Graham came to embrace a European army

  For Graham, the prospect of Europeans putting renewed energy into their own defense, financially and ideologically, trumps the potential drawback of diluting Western military capabilities.

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  Graham to Russia on Ukraine: ‘You’re going to get what you deserve’

  Defense leaders from Europe and the United States expressed optimism about the prospect of Ukraine becoming a NATO member, with Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina arguing that relations with Moscow may be beyond salvageable anyway.

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  French defense minister: European defense industry needs export to survive

  “It is a difficult, complicated subject, but it is necessary,” Parly says of weapon sales.

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  German defense chief denounces Trump-era focus on militarism

  German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen opened the Munich Security conference here today admonishing the United States, without mentioning Washington by name, for dialing back its spending on foreign development.

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  The Bundeswehr, famously bureaucratic, wants to charm technology startups

  Germany’s tech companies could see new business with the military, as Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen seeks to funnel more funding toward cyber technologies under plans to grow the country’s defense budget.

• AI warfare is coming, and some global leaders say NATO isn’t ready

  The future of warfare will involve artificial intelligence systems acting as lethal weapons, and much like cyber a decade ago, NATO allies are ill-equipped to manage the potential threat, said current and former European leaders speaking at the Munich Security Conference.