


In a striking turn of events that has set alarm bells clanging in the heart of NATO, Poland confronted an unprecedented violation: at least 19 Iranian-made Shahed drones, launched amid a devastating Russian aerial assault on Ukraine, breached its airspace…

The line has been crossed. For the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a Russian suicide drone has slammed into NATO soil whilst U.S. and other NATO allies scrambled jets. The target was Wyryki, a sleepy village…

When John Healey, Britain’s Defence Secretary, stood in Kyiv this week, his words were carefully chosen. Britain and its allies, he declared, stand ready to support Ukraine not just in war but in peace: “We will help make the skies…

The Arctic, long a frozen frontier on the margins of geopolitics, is now the setting for one of NATO’s most telling demonstrations of resolve. As Standing Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) patrols near Russian territory, the Alliance has underlined a message…

There was a time—in the not-so-distant past—when NATO’s annual defence expenditure reports were greeted as regrettable necessities. Europe, it seemed, had other priorities: climate ambitions, social welfare, diplomatic fatigue, and the belief that security would always be outsourced across the…

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Tuesday welcomed the first package of U.S. military equipment for Ukraine coordinated under the new NATO Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative. The Secretary General and the Dutch government confirmed that the Netherlands is…

As NATO allies tally up their defence budgets and contingency planners dust off maps of Europe’s eastern flank, one question now looms above all: how far is President Donald Trump prepared to go in scaling back America’s military footprint on…

The dream of a pacified continent secured forever under the American nuclear umbrella is fraying fast. As the war in Ukraine drags into its fourth year and in the context of a second Trump presidency, Europe’s old reliance on the…

As the war in Ukraine grinds into its fourth summer, and with Russia showing no sign of retreat, two of NATO’s largest European powers—Britain and Germany—are once again searching for common ground. Today, Monday July 21st, Defence Secretary James Cartlidge…

NATO must be prepared to confront the possibility of concurrent military conflicts involving both Russia and China by 2027, according to General Alexus G. Grynkewich, the newly appointed Commander of U.S. European Command and NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe. Speaking…