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Forgotten Heroes: How Britain and Europe Are Failing Their Homeless Veterans
They stood ready to give their lives for their countries. Now, too many forgotten heroes sleep rough in shop doorways or cold public parks, betrayed by the very states they once served. Across the United Kingdom and continental Europe, a…
Putin’s Illusion of Peace: The Baunov Analysis
Alexander Baunov, distinguished senior fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, offers a masterclass in reading between the lines of Moscow’s latest peace overtures in his New York Times op‑ed, published on 29 July 2025. In his trenchant analysis, Baunov dissects…
Cyprus: UK Forces in Dramatic Response to Deadly Wildfires
British military personnel have stepped in with hoses, helicopters, bulldozers and medics to assist Cyprus in its battle against one of the worst wildfires in recent memory. The intervention underlines Britain’s enduring strategic presence on the island and its close…
Europe’s Fighter Jet Future: AI in the Cockpit as Helsing and Saab Break New Ground
A Swedish fighter jet hurtles through the sky above the Baltic Sea, its engines roaring and radar arrays sweeping the horizon. But inside the cockpit, there’s no pilot—just a black box packed with code. Europe is now on the threshold…
Europe’s Transport Network ‘Unfit for War’, Says EU Commissioner
The European Union’s transport chief has issued a stark warning over the continent’s readiness for war, claiming that Europe’s roads, railways and bridges would struggle to support a large-scale military deployment in the event of a conflict with Russia. In…
Europe Braces for Trump’s Troop Gamble, and the Bill That Comes With It
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…
Uncontrolled Migration Is a Major Security Risk — Pretending Otherwise Won’t Help
Across Europe, a troubling silence persists. It is not the silence of ignorance, but of evasion—deliberate, cultivated, and maintained by a political class unwilling to confront one of the great questions of our age: what happens to a democracy when…
Europe’s New Iron Curtain: How Britain, Berlin and Warsaw Are Redrawing the Defence Map
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…
The EU’s Defence Union Dream May Not Survive Its’ First Clash With Reality
The European Union’s bureaucrats are once again dreaming imperial dreams. This time, it is not a federal treasury, a pan-continental digital currency, or another ill-fated push for “strategic autonomy”—but a “single market for defence”. At the heart of this latest…
Britain and Germany Seek Unity as NATO’s Patience Wears Thin Over Ukraine Strategy
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…