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Zelenskyy’s warning to Trump: peace without guarantees will fail Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s plea to Donald Trump — “stay on our side” — should be read as more than an appeal for sympathy. It is a warning about strategy. At the centre of the current diplomacy is a question that sounds…
The F-35 and the Future of European Alignment
This week, the United States ambassador to Portugal, John Arrigo, delivered a suggestion that was less a procurement recommendation than a geopolitical proposition. Lisbon, he said, should replace its aging fleet of F-16 fighter aircraft with the American-made F-35 stealth jet…
Blasts Targeting Ukrainian Police Raise Fears of a New Kremlin Destabilisation Campaign
A series of explosions targeting or affecting Ukrainian police facilities in Lviv, Mykolaiv and Dnipro within a matter of days has prompted renewed concern in Kyiv over a possible campaign of destabilisation aimed at law enforcement. On Monday, 23 February,…
Moscow and Tehran: Alleged Verba Missile Agreement Adds New Pressure on Washington
A reported secret Russian-Iranian air defence deal has added a new layer of risk to an already volatile stand-off between Washington and Tehran, while raising wider questions about the strategic alignment linking Russia, Iran and, indirectly, China. According to a…
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,…