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Poland is moving closer to expanding its procurement of Israeli defense technology as part of its sweeping military modernization program. With new radar systems, active protection for tanks, and continued investment in anti-tank weapons already in place, Warsaw is now also considering an Israeli-style multi-layered air defense architecture as regional security concerns over Russia continue […]

Bosnia and Herzegovina has returned to the centre of geopolitical rivalry in the Western Balkans. But unlike previous crises, the latest confrontation is not between Russia and the West. Instead, in early July, an unprecedented dispute has emerged between the United States and its principal European allies over energy, international governance and the future direction […]

Greece’s Security Council has approved a multi-layer purchase of air defence systems from Israel, to form the “Achilles Shield” network. The deal will also include Heron UAV systems. The total value of the deal is estimated at up to €3.5 billion. “Achilles Shield” will include Israeli made anti-ballistic, anti-aircraft, and anti-drone systems. Israeli defence firms […]

As Brussels is preparing for its traditional summer ‘slowdown’, Europe finds itself with little opportunity for pause. The handover of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Cyprus to Ireland on 1 July signals the end of one institutional chapter, but certainly not of the multiple crises that continue to define European […]

On 3 July, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned that “the coming months could truly be critical” for European security. This warning reflects a broader assessment taking shape across Europe as Russia intensifies pressure on Ukraine and NATO accelerates its rearmament efforts. In this regard, European governments increasingly believe they are entering one of the […]

Specialist media partnership strengthens the international visibility of the Global Security and Innovation Summit Hamburg, 7 July 2026 – The Global Security and Innovation Summit (GSIS) is further expanding its international reach by entering into a partnership with Mittler Report Verlag, part of the Tamm Media Group, for its 2026 event. As the Summit’s official […]

Addressing the Herzliya Conference, Baram calls for tailored force buildup, a broader alliance stretching from India through the UAE to Greece and Cyprus, and a new US-Israel security MOU built on hard interests and shared values. Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD) Director General Maj. Gen. (res.) Amir Baram spoke to the Herzliya Conference at Reichman […]

While highlighting the interdependency and symbiotic relationship between NATO Europe and the European Union, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has nevertheless stressed in a recent speech that “if anyone thinks … that the European Union, or Europe as a whole, can defend itself without the US, keep on dreaming. You can’t.” Rutte was addressing a […]

The crisis of allegiance with NATO caused by US President Donald Trump’s insistence that the United States should take control of Greenland appears to have dissipated – at least for now – in the aftermath of the 2026 World Economic Forum (WEF) summit, held in Davos, Switzerland, from 19 to 23 January. In addressing the Davos […]

Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Sir John Stringer of the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has been appointed as NATO’s next Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR), the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 22 January 2026. In doing so ACM Stringer will be become the most senior UK military officer in NATO, the first […]

With US President Donald Trump now threatening economic coercion in the form of tariffs against several NATO European allies who refuse to acquiesce to his plans to subjugate the sovereign Danish territory of Greenland, Europe’s political leaders are running out of diplomatic road. On 17 January 2026 Trump, who has argued the United States needs […]

The Danish Ministry of Defence (Forsvarsministeriet) is expanding and internationalising the exercise activities of the Danish armed forces in Greenland in response to US President Donald Trump’s continued talk of acquiring the Danish-owned territory for the United States. In addition to the Danish armed forces ramping up their deployments to Greenland, various NATO allies are […]

A number of NATO countries, understood to be led by Germany, are to propose a new joint NATO mission called ‘Arctic Sentry’ to monitor and protect security interests in the Arctic region in a bid to head off the US Trump Administration’s desire to annex Greenland. This mission concept, first reported by Bloomberg on 11 […]

Writing on his Truth Social media channel on 7 January 2026, US President Donald Trump called for the US defence budget to be increased by an unprecedented 50% to USD 1.5 trillion (EUR 1.29 trillion) in 2027. This is the result of discussions with senators, members of Congress, secretaries of state and other political representatives. […]

The United Kingdom and France signed a declaration of intent in Paris on 6 January 2026 committing to the deployment of British and French troops in Ukraine should a peace deal be agreed to end the conflict there. The declaration followed a meeting of a ‘coalition of the willing’ in Paris that day, involving around […]

The relentless avarice of US President Donald Trump in wanting the United States to take control of Greenland is causing significant consternation not only in Denmark and its autonomous territory but in the wider NATO alliance itself. Trump told reporters on Air Force One on 4 January 2026, “We need Greenland. … We need Greenland […]

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned allies during a speech in Berlin on 11 December 2025 that “We are Russia’s next target, and we are already in harm’s way.” While the NATO allies, spurred for multiple years by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, made a commitment at the 2025 NATO Summit in The […]

The US 2025 National Security Strategy, published on 4 December 2025, will have left all but a few pro-Russian European political and military leaders in little doubt of the disdain with which they are now held by the administration of US President Donald J Trump. If Trump is known for his unconcealed narcissism and lack […]

The Canadian Joint Forces Command (CJFC) was officially established on 25 November 2025 by Minister of National Defence David J McGuinty as a new Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) command designed to strengthen leadership, co-ordination and accountability for joint military capabilities across the CAF. Lieutenant-General Darcy Molstad and Chief Warrant Officer Donovan Crawford have been named […]

A changing of the guard within the Pentagon Press Corps was initiated on 1 December 2025 in a move that any neutral observer will regard as a serious blow to objective defence reporting out of the headquarters of the US Department of Defense (DoD) – or Department of War (DoW), as it is now styled […]

Leaders and experts from the US Department of War (DoW) and other agencies in the US government – including the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Transportation Department and Federal Aviation Administration – have met to plan a three-year effort to deliver counter-small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) capabilities to US warfighters and […]