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Spanish probe raises questions over sunken Russian vessel and alleged North Korea-bound naval nuclear cargo
A year after the Russian general cargo ship Ursa Major sank in the western Mediterranean, a Spanish newspaper investigation has put fresh focus on Russia–North Korea military cooperation and the methods used to move sensitive matériel under sanctions. The vessel…
A Fragile Peace: Trump, Zelenskyy and the Illusion of Security Guarantees
For nearly four years the war in Ukraine has defied expectation, proving that neither battlefield bravery nor diplomatic brinkmanship can simply conjure peace from the wreckage of geopolitics. The latest chapter — a high-stakes meeting between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and…
RCH 155: Britain and Germany Forge Deeper Defence Ties with £52m Mobile Artillery Deal
In a clear signal of deepening military co-operation between two of NATO’s principal European powers, the United Kingdom and Germany have concluded a landmark joint procurement agreement for cutting-edge RCH 155 mobile artillery systems. The £52 million contract, formally announced…
Neutral, Rich, and Defenceless: Switzerland’s Strategic Failure
In the cloistered corridors of Switzerland’s defence circles, a blunt admission this weekend by the outgoing head of the armed forces should have echoed far beyond the country’s mountains and lakes. Lieutenant-General Thomas Süssli — a soldier accustomed to discretion…
Satellite images suggest new Russian nuclear-capable missile site near Krichev in Belarus
Russia is likely preparing to station its new nuclear-capable Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile system at a disused airbase in eastern Belarus, according to two US researchers who analysed recent commercial satellite imagery. Jeffrey Lewis, of the Middlebury Institute of International…
China’s Sanctions on America Are Loud, Symbolic – and Strategically Empty
Beijing insists that Taiwan is the immovable core of its national interest, the issue on which there can be no compromise and no retreat. Yet when confronted with the largest American arms package ever approved for the island, China’s response…
British Defence Exports Hit Record High, Boosting Jobs Across the UK
In what ministers are hailing as a watershed year for British industry, 2025 will go down as the year the United Kingdom achieved its highest defence export revenues on record. Official figures show that the value of defence equipment and…
Let Ukraine Strike Back — Deeper Into Russia If Necessary
In a conflict now stretching into its fourth year, Ukraine has steadily refined not only its will to resist but its strategic acumen on the battlefield. The most recent milestone — a successful strike on Russia’s Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery using…
How China Is Systematically Undermining Western Security
For years, Washington preferred euphemism to clarity when discussing China’s military rise. It spoke of “modernisation”, of “regional ambitions”, of a power merely seeking its place in the world. That indulgence has now evaporated. In unusually blunt language, the Pentagon…
Flemish government rethinks arms trade rules in bid to strengthen defence industry and European collaboration
The Flemish government has approved a draft arms trade decree intended to simplify the legitimate trade in military goods, civilian firearms, essential components and ammunition, while also fostering a long-term industrial strategy for security and defence. The announcement, made by…