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Romania confirms planned reduction of US troops on NATO’s eastern flank
Romania’s Ministry of National Defence (MApN) has confirmed that the United States will reduce part of its military presence in Europe, including elements assigned to Romania’s Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base. The ministry said Bucharest and allied capitals had been informed…
Greater Cooperation with Ukraine in the Defence Industry as a Strategy to Avoid War
Security of Europe through Unity and Resolve This material was written for the Polish outlet Eastern Flank Institute and was published on the think tank’s website on 20 October 2025. The war in Ukraine is the result of a whole…
Poland moves to let its forces shoot down Russian drones over Ukraine without NATO sign-off
Poland is advancing legislative changes that would allow its armed forces to intercept Russian drones and missiles over Ukrainian territory without prior approval from NATO or the European Union. The proposal, first drafted by the Ministry of National Defence in…
Paris to host ‘coalition of the willing’ talks on Ukraine security guarantees this Thursday
France will host a meeting of the so-called “coalition of the willing” on Thursday, 4 September, to review plans for security guarantees for Ukraine, the Élysée has confirmed. The session will be co-chaired by President Emmanuel Macron and the UK…
France Urges Strategic Overhaul as Hybrid Threats and Geopolitical Rivalries Challenge Europe’s Security Architecture
France has issued a forceful call for a redefinition of European security priorities in its newly released National Strategic Review 2025, warning that the continent stands at a critical juncture. The report, published on 13 July by the General Secretariat…
Germany Condemns China for Laser Incident Involving German Aircraft on EU Red Sea Mission
Germany has summoned China’s ambassador in Berlin following an incident in which a Chinese warship reportedly directed a laser at a German surveillance aircraft operating under the European Union’s maritime security mission in the Red Sea. The German Foreign Office…
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…