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Brussels Aims for the Stars with IRIS² – But Can Europe Compete?
The European Union is not known for moving at lightning speed, yet in one of its most ambitious ventures to date, Brussels is trying to prove the doubters wrong with IRIS². IRIS², a €10.5 billion project to build a sovereign,…
Norway’s $700m Patriot Pledge Shows Europe Can Lead On Ukraine
There are moments in great struggles when seemingly small decisions tilt the balance of confidence and morale. Norway’s announcement on Sunday that it will contribute some 7 billion Norwegian crowns—nearly $700 million—in cutting-edge air defence systems to Ukraine is such…
Europe & UK’s Terrorism Threat picture in 2025: fragmented, hybrid, and persistent
Across the EU and the UK, the picture that emerges is not a single monolithic menace but a layered ecosystem: transnational jihadist organisations with global franchises; state sponsors and proxies that blur the line between espionage and terrorism; entrenched separatist…
Britain doubles its Sky Sabre defences – but is it enough?
Britain’s skies are about to become slightly less vulnerable. The Ministry of Defence has announced the purchase of six additional Land Ceptor missile launchers – the heart of the Sky Sabre system – in a £118 million deal with MBDA.…
Orbán’s Moscow Tilt Risks Turning Hungary into Europe’s Trojan Horse
When European leaders gather to discuss the fate of Ukraine, they now do so with an ever-present unease: the spectre of Viktor Orbán. The Hungarian Prime Minister, once a champion of European integration, has in recent years cultivated a posture…
Europe’s ‘Security Guarantees’ Leave Ukraine Exposed to Russia’s Next Move
The phrase “security guarantees” has reverberated across European capitals for months, echoing through parliamentary speeches, summit communiqués and interviews with diplomats. It has become the polite euphemism of the age: a term that sounds solid, perhaps even reassuring, but whose…
Trump Flirts with Appeasement as Britain and Europe Rally to Defend Ukraine
European leaders are racing to Washington in a high-stakes effort to safeguard Western unity after Donald Trump’s eyebrow-raising meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska. Ursula von der Leyen, Germany’s Friedrich Merz, France’s Emmanuel Macron and Finland’s Alexander Stubb will join…
Lithuania Builds Multi-Layered Defensive Line Against Russia and Belarus Threats
Lithuania has announced plans to construct a formidable, multi-layered defensive line across its frontiers with Russia and Belarus, a move that underlines the Baltic state’s growing unease in the face of Moscow’s aggression and Minsk’s complicity. The Ministry of Defence…
The Apprentice: Alaskan Edition – Trump Hails ‘Productive’ Talks While Ukraine Gets Fired
The Alaskan summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin was less a diplomatic negotiation than an episode of The Apprentice: Geopolitics Edition. Trump, grinning like a compare about to deliver a catchphrase, called the talks “productive.” That word, in his…
Missiles Over Dnipro: Putin’s Calculated Strike on the Eve of Anchorage
The timing could hardly have been more provocative. Just hours before Vladimir Putin is due to sit across the table from Donald Trump in Anchorage, the Russian president ordered a ballistic missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro —…