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Japan: Takaichi’s Tech Diplomacy Could Redraw Asia’s Balance of Power
Japan’s newly installed Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, has wasted no time in repositioning her nation at the heart of Asia’s security architecture. In her first major foreign policy signal, she pledged deepened cooperation in security, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence with…
Greater Cooperation with Ukraine in the Defence Industry as a Strategy to Avoid War
Security of Europe through Unity and Resolve This material was written for the Polish outlet Eastern Flank Institute and was published on the think tank’s website on 20 October 2025. The war in Ukraine is the result of a whole…
UK Government’s Defence Industrial Strategy: A Strategic Shift in National Security
On 15th October 2025, the UK Parliament convened to discuss the Defence Industrial Strategy, a pivotal policy initiative aimed at reshaping the nation’s approach to defence procurement and industrial capabilities. The strategy, introduced by the Labour Government, seeks to bolster…
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…
Could Russia Join a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan?
Russia and China are drawing ever closer in ways that should send shivers through Western capitals. Leaked documents, recently verified by defence analysts, reveal Moscow is supplying Beijing with advanced airborne assault equipment and training. This is not simply an…
Air Chief Marshal Harv Smyth charts an ambitious path — but the turbulence ahead is real
When Air Chief Marshal Harv Smyth rose to address the DSEI conference in London on Thursday, his tone was not triumphant, but taut. His central motif — putting more “AIR” into Air: Agile, Integrated, Ready — offered a confident slogan,…
Russian drone probes in Poland: mapping NATO’s seams and logistics risk
Russian-origin unmanned aircraft entering Polish airspace on 10 September were not random strays but a structured probe aimed at Polish air defences and NATO decision-making. The pattern of debris south of Lublin and assessed routing towards Rzeszów–Jasionka—the principal trans-Atlantic logistics…
Japan and South Korea Step into the Fray—As Washington Watches
In a regional flashpoint that was supposed to remain dormant, Japan and South Korea have jolted into action. On Monday, for the first time in a decade, Japan’s defence minister will sit opposite his South Korean counterpart in Seoul to…
New Axis of Evil Will Force Global Mobilisation Within a Decade
On this day, September 3rd, 1939, Britain declared war on Nazi Germany. It was the moment when appeasement collapsed under the weight of reality, ushering in the most devastating conflict in human history. Eighty-six years later, we confront an unsettling…