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Putin doubles down on militarisation while Geneva talks yield no breakthrough
Vladimir Putin used Russia’s Defender of the Fatherland Day on 23 February to call for further military expansion and to urge national unity around the war, in remarks that provided no indication of a shift towards ending hostilities, as US-mediated…
Britain and France Demonstrate Unshakable Resolve to Defend NATO’s Eastern Flank
In the face of an increasingly uncertain global security landscape, British and French soldiers have offered a clear demonstration of the enduring strength of NATO’s collective defence arrangements. The recent NATO joint training deployment in France, where troops from the…
Drone strike reported in Russia’s Udmurtia as missile plant in Votkinsk named as possible target
Explosions were reported overnight in Russia’s Udmurt Republic after what regional officials described as a Ukrainian drone attack, with Russian and Ukrainian-linked monitoring channels suggesting the target was the Votkinsk Machine Building Plant, a major missile manufacturing site roughly 1,400–1,500…
Pentagon cyber rules threaten to choke America’s defence supply chain
Washington has a long history of defeating its enemies through industrial might. From the Liberty ships of the Second World War to the semiconductor race with China, America’s power has rested not merely on its armed forces but on the…
LEAP Forward: The New Defence Blueprint from Europe’s Military Leaders
In Krakow this week, defence ministers from Europe’s most powerful military states convened under the shadow of a new strategic imperative — the airborne battlefield. France, Germany, Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom, traditionally cautious in their collective defence responses,…
NORAD Scrambles Jets After Russian Aircraft Tracked Off Alaska
On Thursday, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) detected and tracked a formation of Russian military aircraft operating off the coast of Alaska, prompting a significant response from U.S. and Canadian air defence forces. According to a NORAD statement,…
Trump team pauses Taiwan arms package ahead of prospective April China visit
The Trump administration has delayed decisions on a major arms-sales package for Taiwan amid Chinese pressure and concern in Washington that moving ahead could complicate President Donald Trump’s expected visit to Beijing in April, according to reporting by The Wall…
Major General Wolf-Jürgen Stahl’s Trump Broadside Exposes Europe’s Strategic Anxiety
It is not often that a serving German general publicly dissects the character of an American president. That taboo has now been shattered. Major General Wolf-Jürgen Stahl, head of Berlin’s Federal Academy for Security Policy, has delivered a diagnosis of…
Washington Tightens the Noose: Ford Heads East as Iran Rejects US Red Lines
Washington’s military posture towards Iran hardened on Thursday as a second US aircraft carrier steamed towards the Middle East, air power in theatre reached levels not seen since the opening phase of the Iraq war, and negotiators left Geneva with…
Poland’s Strategic Pivot: Mines on the Eastern Frontier and the End of an Era in Arms Control
In a major shift that could reverberate across Europe’s security landscape, Poland is poised to lay anti-personnel mines along its eastern border within 48 hours of formally exiting the Ottawa Convention, the international treaty that for nearly three decades has…