


Germany has given preliminary approval for the sale of 40 Eurofighter Typhoon jets to Turkey. The decision, taken by the German Federal Security Council, represents a significant shift in Berlin’s stance on arms exports to Ankara, and follows recent comments…

The second France–Ukraine Defence Innovation Forum took place in Kyiv this week, marking a significant step in strengthening bilateral cooperation between the defence industries of Ukraine and France. The event, held in a context of heightened international interest in Ukraine’s…

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…

The war in Ukraine, now grinding through its third gruelling year, has become not merely a tragedy for Eastern Europe, but for NATO planners it is an open-air laboratory for modern warfare. From the rubble of Mariupol to the blackened…

French military and intelligence authorities have accused China of orchestrating a coordinated effort to discredit France’s Rafale fighter jet following its combat deployment in recent clashes between India and Pakistan. A classified French intelligence assessment, reviewed by the Associated Press,…

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…