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SAFE Alone Will Not Rearm Europe: Structural Weaknesses Undermine EU Defence Finance Plan
The European Commission’s new financial instrument, the Security Action for Europe (SAFE), has been presented as a flagship initiative to address Europe’s urgent defence needs. With €150 billion in loan capacity, SAFE aims to facilitate joint procurement and scale up…
UK and Germany to Sign Defence Treaty as Pillar of European Strategic Reset
Germany and the United Kingdom are set to sign a bilateral defence treaty on 17 July 2025, which will include a mutual assistance clause in the event of a strategic threat to either country. According to Politico the agreement marks…
New European Arsenal: EU Defence Debt Plan Aims to Bolster the Euro and the Union’s Backbone
In a move likely to spark fresh debate over the future of European integration, Olli Rehn, a senior figure at the European Central Bank, has floated a provocative idea: joint European defence borrowing to fund a new “defence development bank.”…
H-Hour: Russia’s War Against Europe
Last year, during a working-level exchange with officials from NATO Headquarters, I received a response to an assertion found in one of the Centre for “XXI Strategy”’s studies—something that might seem self-evident in the eleventh year of Russia’s aggression: “the…
Defence Matters: Europe Must Wake Up Before It’s Too Late
For all the talk of a “rules-based international order” Europe seems to have forgotten the first rule of civilisational survival: defend yourself, or be prepared to lose everything. Europe, a continent, which once projected power across oceans, now flinches at…
Poland Supercharges Artillery Production Amid Mounting Fears Over European Defence Readiness
Poland is set to quintuple its annual production of artillery shells in a dramatic move that underscores the shifting defence priorities across Europe as the continent scrambles to bolster its military resilience in the face of growing Russian aggression. Officials…
Turkey and United States Revisit F-35 Deal as Ankara Pushes for Reinstatement in Fighter Jet Programme
The United States and Turkey are making renewed efforts to resolve their long-standing dispute over the F-35 fifth-generation fighter jet, with expectations rising that an agreement could be reached by the end of 2025. US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack…
EU Leaders Pledge Sweeping Overhaul of Europe’s Defence Capabilities Amid Growing Global Threats
EU leaders have vowed to usher in a new era of strategic autonomy and military preparedness, warning that the continent must take far greater responsibility for its own security in the face of intensifying global instability. At a tense summit…
Europe Turns to U.S. Arms in Bid to Salvage Transatlantic Trade and Bolster NATO Commitments
In a move certain to ignite debate in Brussels and Washington alike, European Council President António Costa has signalled that the European Union will dramatically ramp up purchases of American-made weaponry—casting the decision not merely as a military necessity, but…
Europol Warns of Rising Terror Threat as EU Faces Surge in Plots and Arrests
Europe is facing a renewed and persistent threat from terrorism, according to a hard-hitting new report from Europol, which reveals a sharp increase in foiled plots, radicalisation cases, and arrests across the European Union. The 2025 edition of Europol’s “European…