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NATO’s Expenditure Awakening: Europe’s Defence Renaissance, Not Just a Relay Race
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…
NorthSeal: Belgium’s Strategic Leadership in Securing the North Sea
In a significant stride towards safeguarding Europe’s critical maritime infrastructure, Belgium has launched NorthSeal—a pioneering security platform designed to monitor, analyse, and respond to threats in the North Sea. The initiative underscores Belgium’s commitment to regional security and positions it…
US Covert Influence in Greenland Sparks Alarm in Copenhagen
Denmark has been jolted by an extraordinary revelation: US citizens may have been conducting covert influence operations in Greenland, seeking to loosen the icy territory’s ties to Copenhagen and draw it closer to Washington. For a small nation used to…
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…