From the bookshelf: ‘Deterring Armageddon: a biography of NATO’

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - JUNE 12: NATO Secretary General Jens Soltenberg speaks at a joint press conference on June 12, 2024 in Budapest, Hungary. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is visiting Hungary to attend a conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban amid reports that the Bucharest Group of Nine (B9) may exclude Hungary from their discussions. The B9, founded in 2015 by former Soviet bloc countries now in NATO and the EU, has expressed increasing concern over Hungary's consistent vetoes on supporting Ukraine. (Photo by Janos Kummer/Getty Images)