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Daily 2,000–4,000 attacks: Poland outlines scale of cyber threat
Poland’s Minister of Digital Affairs, Krzysztof Gawkowski, has reported a marked increase in cyberattacks targeting the country’s critical infrastructure and attributed much of the activity to Russia. In an interview published on 10 October, Gawkowski said Russian military intelligence had…
Govini: The Startup Poised to Challenge Palantir in Defence Analytics
In the shadowy world of defence analytics, dominated for over a decade by established heavyweights, a new player is making waves. Govini, a San Francisco-based startup, has quietly reached $100 million in annual recurring revenue and secured $150 million in…
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…
Cybercrime’s New Frontier: Why Access to Data Is Now the Battleground
At a recent Europol conference, law-enforcement officials and policy experts issued a stern warning: the battle against cybercrime is increasingly hinging not on defensive walls, but on access to the data those criminals generate—or hide behind. As digital tools grow…
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…
Spanish minister’s flight reports GPS interference over Kaliningrad as research pinpoints likely jamming sites
A Spanish Air and Space Force A330 carrying Defence Minister Margarita Robles reported a satellite-navigation disturbance on 24th September while transiting the vicinity of Russia’s Kaliningrad enclave en route to Šiauliai air base, Lithuania. Spain’s defence ministry said the crew…
European Parliament’s Defence Investment Measures: Strategic Necessity or Overreach?
This week the European Parliament’s Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) Committee endorsed significant amendments to several EU funding programmes, aiming to bolster Europe’s defence and security capabilities. These measures, part of the broader ReArm Europe Plan, seek to channel EU…
ISW suggests Kremlin approved Bloomberg leak on plans to intensify strikes against Ukraine
Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) assess that Vladimir Putin may have organised or at least approved the disclosure of Kremlin thinking to Bloomberg about plans to step up attacks on Ukraine’s energy system and other…
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…
The New Doomsday Plane: United States Air Force Reboots Its Skyborne War Room
In an era when wars are fought as much in cyberspace as in the skies, the United States Air Force quietly took a resolute step back into the hard realities of strategic defence. Earlier this month, Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC)…