News Feed
Share
Russia Says Nuclear Munitions Delivered to Storage Sites in Belarus During Drills
Russia and Belarus have released footage they say shows nuclear munitions being moved to field storage points in Belarus during joint exercises, in a further display of nuclear signalling close to NATO’s eastern flank. The claim has not been independently…
NATO Ministers Meet in Sweden as Burden-Sharing Pressure Moves From Spending Targets to Ukraine Support
The Helsingborg meeting gives NATO foreign ministers a fresh test of alliance unity, with Ukraine support, European defence investment and the Middle East crisis competing for attention. NATO foreign ministers are meeting in Helsingborg, Sweden, at a moment when the…
Italy’s SAFE Fund Dispute Exposes the Budget Politics Behind Europe’s Rearmament Plans
Rome says it needs EU defence loans to rebuild military capacity, but the dispute over energy costs shows how Europe’s rearmament plans remain tied to national budget pressures. Italy’s Defence Minister Guido Crosetto has said Rome has an “essential” need…
Germany’s New Shelter State: From Cold War Bunkers to Civilian Resilience
Berlin is quietly preparing the German public for a future it once assumed belonged to the Cold War history books. The federal government’s decision to invest €10 billion in a sweeping new civil-defence strategy marks more than a technical update…
Quantum Technology and the Future of Warfare
For decades, quantum technology occupied a strange corner of scientific discussion: endlessly promising, chronically theoretical and largely detached from the practical demands of statecraft. That era is ending. Quietly but decisively, quantum systems are moving from the laboratory into the…
Ukraine’s Deep-Strike Campaign Hits Russian Refinery Network Supplying Moscow
The Lukoil refinery in Kstovo was reported hit for the second time in three days, as Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign increasingly targets Russia’s fuel, refining and petrochemical infrastructure. A major Lukoil refinery in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region was reported burning…
US troop cuts in Europe put pressure back on NATO’s missing capabilities
Washington’s planned reduction of its force presence in Europe has reopened questions over whether European allies can replace critical US military capabilities quickly enough. The planned reduction of US forces in Europe has placed renewed pressure on NATO’s European members…
Russia’s Latvia threat turns Baltic drone incidents into NATO test
Moscow’s allegation that Ukraine could launch drones from Latvia has been rejected by Riga and Kyiv, but the warning has sharpened concern over how drone warfare near NATO territory could be used to create a wider security crisis. Russia has…
Pentagon Cuts US Brigade Presence in Europe as Poland Rotation Is Delayed
The Pentagon says the reduction returns American brigade combat teams in Europe to their 2021 level, while Polish officials say no decision has been made to cut US military capability in Poland. The Pentagon has confirmed that the United States…
Moscow Accuses Ukraine of Using Latvia as Drone Launch Pad
Moscow’s allegation that Ukraine is preparing drone attacks from Latvian territory has been rejected by Riga, but the timing points to a wider Russian effort to exploit Baltic airspace incidents and political instability in Latvia. Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service has…