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Germany’s Submarine Gambit: TKMS Takes the Fight for Canada’s Arctic Fleet
In the opaque world of naval procurement, few prizes carry the strategic weight of Canada’s looming submarine replacement programme. Valued at more than $12 billion and encompassing up to 12 new boats, the tender will determine not only the future shape…
Europe Arms for War: CSG’s Landmark IPO Signals a Continent Waking Up at Last
The decision by Czechoslovak Group (CSG) to launch a €3.8 billion initial public offering is more than a financial milestone. It is a strategic statement. At a moment when Europe is being forced to confront the hard truth that war…
Trump’s Greenland pressure tests NATO unity as Alaska troops put on standby
NATO allies are confronting an unusual mix of external coercion and internal strain after President Donald Trump renewed his push to bring Greenland under United States control, while the Pentagon placed a sizeable Alaska-based force on standby for possible domestic…
Ukraine’s ground combat drone holds frontline position for 45 days, unit says
A Ukrainian unmanned ground vehicle armed with a 12.7mm machine gun held a frontline position for 45 days, in what Ukrainian commanders describe as an illustration of how rapidly battlefield robotics is being integrated into combat operations. The system, known…
France claims the lead in Ukraine intelligence as leak fears cloud the US role
PARIS — France is now providing “two-thirds” of the intelligence support Ukraine receives from foreign partners, President Emmanuel Macron said on 15 January, a claim that points to a significant rebalancing of Western support and to growing unease about the…
Europe’s defence spending soars as Readiness 2030 takes shape
European defence budgets have risen sharply since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The latest consolidated EU figures show total defence expenditure by the 27 member states reached €343 billion in 2024, equivalent to 1.9 per cent of…
National Priorities and the Challenge of a Common European Defence Policy
The evolution of European Union defence policy is once again being shaped by forces largely beyond Brussels’ control, yet keenly felt within it. A confluence of geopolitical pressures, fiscal constraints and institutional debates is forcing the EU to confront longstanding…
Trump’s Arctic Ambitions Reveal a Dangerous Contempt for International Law
The parallels between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are no longer confined to temperament or rhetoric; they lie in a shared contempt for the constraints of international law when it proves inconvenient. Both men have treated sovereignty not as a…
Agents for a day: the financing networks driving Russia-linked sabotage across Europe
A fire in a warehouse, a scorched courier depot, a camera fixed to a lamppost on a supply route: many of the incidents now being investigated as Russian-linked sabotage in Europe are small in scale and, taken in isolation, look…
Royal Navy’s crewless helicopter could not have come at a more urgent moment
On a windswept airfield in Cornwall this week, Britain’s Royal Navy quietly crossed a threshold that has been years in the making. The maiden flight of Proteus, Britain’s first full-sized autonomous helicopter, was not merely a technical milestone. It was…