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Germany’s Fighter Jet Spree Is a Wake-Up Call for Europe’s Complacent Defence
For years, Germany has been Europe’s strategic sleepwalker — wealthy, influential, but militarily timid. That era may finally be drawing to a close. Berlin’s decision to approve an €8 billion defence spending package, centred on 20 new Eurofighter jets, is…
The West Cannot Afford to Flinch: Ukraine’s Fight Is Our Fight
History will not forgive inaction. The test in Ukraine echoes the failures of the past, and Europe cannot afford to hesitate, warns UK Ambassador Neil Holland. In 1938, the world watched as Western powers appeased aggression in Munich, hoping concessions…
Trump’s Gaza Deal: Moment of Hope or Just Another Pause in a Long War?
For a fleeting moment, the headlines suggest hope. Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a U.S.-brokered peace plan: a ceasefire, a prisoner–hostage exchange, and the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza. President Donald Trump, whose administration…
Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif Sparks Controversy with Alarmist Claims on India
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif ignited a new wave of concern today with his alarming statements that “chances of war with India are real,” adding that he was “not denying that possibility.” The comments come amid a long…
Europe’s Rail Bottlenecks Expose a Dangerous Failure
While Europe faces the most dangerous security situation in decades, the European Union institutions remain mired in their own rules, procedures, and member state hesitations. Grand speeches about solidarity and deterrence ring hollow when heavy military convoys can take weeks…
Migration, Radicalisation, and the Manchester Synagogue Attack: A Wake-Up Call for Europe
On October 2nd, 2025, the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Manchester, UK, became the site of a brutal terrorist attack during Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Two Jewish worshippers, Adrian Daulby (53) and Melvin Cravitz (66),…
Alona Lebedieva: Delays in implementing reforms could undermine Ukraine’s financial stability
Ukraine is preparing to enter 2026 with a record state budget deficit and a critical dependence on external financial assistance. The draft has been prepared under the same priorities as the current budget — concentrating resources on defence and…
The Silent Revolution Beneath the Waves: How Submarine Warfare Is Being Transformed
Few areas of military technology have been cloaked in such secrecy, myth and awe as submarine warfare. For much of the twentieth century, the ocean’s depths offered an almost impenetrable sanctuary for nuclear submarines, diesel-electric boats and the handful of…
Russia’s latest mass strike on Kyiv tests the meaning of Washington’s rhetorical shift
Russia’s overnight barrage against Kyiv and multiple regions on 28 September killed at least four people, including a 12-year-old girl, and injured dozens more. Ukraine reported nearly 600 one-way attack drones and close to 50 missiles launched over roughly 12…
The Role of Innovation as the Foundation of a Strategy of Sustained Resistance in Depriving Russia of the Ability to Impose Its Terms Through War
EU Today presents an English translation of an opinion essay by General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, a Ukrainian four-star general, former Commander-in-Chief (2021–2024), and since July 2024 Ukraine’s Ambassador to the UK. Writing in the context of DSEI 2025, he analyses the…