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Putin’s Air War Shows the Limits of Russia’s Ground Campaign
Moscow presents its latest missile and drone campaign as a strike on Ukraine’s military-industrial base. The damage in Kyiv points to a different purpose: pressure on civilians as Russia struggles to turn local gains into strategic victory. Vladimir Putin has…
Russia’s Poland Test Would Be a Test of NATO’s Political Nerve
Reported US warnings to Warsaw point to a limited Russian provocation rather than a conventional invasion. The aim would be to fracture NATO decision-making, weaken support for Ukraine, and expose uncertainty over Washington’s response. Reported American warnings to Warsaw that…
Keir Starmer, Churchillian Rhetoric, Peacetime Budgets, & the Slow Death of Britain’s Defence Capabilities
Great powers can decline with dignity. Formerly great powers, by contrast, often compensate for diminished means with inflated rhetoric. Britain has chosen the latter course. It still speaks in the accents of a serious military state. Ministers talk of deterrence,…
Ukraine’s Second Ufa Strike Shows Range Is Becoming a Strategic Weapon
Europe Says It Has Filled Most US Gaps in NATO Plans, but Bombers Remain Exposed
Russian Shadow Ships May Have Launched Drones Over European Infrastructure
KNDS IPO Delay Exposes Doubts Beneath Europe’s Defence-Industry Boom
NATO’s Saab turn is about more than replacing AWACS
NATO’s apparent decision to replace its ageing fleet of AWACS surveillance aircraft with Saab’s GlobalEye is, on the face of it, a procurement story: old planes out, newer planes in. In reality it looks rather more consequential than that. If…
Ukraine Seeks €6.6bn EU Peace-Fund Release as Battlefield Window Narrows
China-Russia Training Report Turns Sanctions Concern Into a NATO Security Issue
