December 2025

Jessikka Aro at her book launch: Putinin USA (Putin's USA)

Jessikka Aro: Russia’s Influence War Is Still Running Inside the United States

Russian influence operations against the United States are not a relic of the 2016 election cycle, nor a closed chapter in the history of hybrid warfare. They are active, adaptive and, in the view of Finnish investigative journalist Jessikka Aro, increasingly enabled by political decisions inside Washington itself. Speaking at her book launch of her

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Baltic Sea: A Submarine Chessboard

Analysis, Business, Technology

The Baltic Sea has quietly become a submarine battleground. Sweden’s recent entry into NATO and Poland’s Orka programme are shaking up undersea balances. In November 2025, Warsaw chose Sweden’s Saab to supply three A26 Blekinge-class submarines, a deal worth about 10 billion zloty, 2.4 billion euros. Poland’s sole existing diesel-electric sub is an ageing Soviet-built

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Nokia’s Return to Military Electronics Business

Technology

In the early 1980s, Nokia emerged as a key player in Finland’s defence communications. Its rugged messaging devices—tested in snowdrifts, sauna kettles, and artillery camps—became legendary for their durability and reliability. Today, Nokia returns to the military electronics sector with a radically new vision: not just devices, but a digital ecosystem for modern warfare. Finnish

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The Merkava Mk1 is a true steel beast. Weighing over 60 tonnes, it is manufactured from rolled and cast homogeneous armor steel. Merkava Mk1 uses spaced armor solution in its turret front sector, the wedges being hollow. (Source: Wikimedia Commons, Dan Hadani collection / National Library of Israel / The Pritzker Family National Photography Collection / CC BY 4.0)

Evolution of Armour – Merkava Main Battle Tank

Technology

The Israeli Merkava main battle tank has consistently been one of the best-protected tanks in the world. Israelis have learned the hard way that a small nation cannot afford to lose any of its well-trained tank soldiers. That is why Israelis have always emphasised tank armour protection. A main battle tank can be evaluated by

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Rheinmetall’s First Satellite Order with ICEYE – €4 Billion Deal With the Bundeswehr

Business, Technology

Germany’s Bundeswehr is on the verge of commissioning a major new satellite constellation from an unprecedented partnership between defence giant Rheinmetall AG and Finnish start-up ICEYE. According to Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger, the plan is to deliver 40 low-Earth orbit (LEO) reconnaissance satellites to the German military over the next two years. This deal would

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European Alarm Over U.S. “America First” Strategy

Diplomacy

U.S. President Trump’s new National Security Strategy (NSS), especially its leaked passages, has provoked sharp warnings from Europe’s leaders that it undercuts eight decades of transatlantic unity. The draft NSS singles out the European Union itself as a problem and even mentions forming a new “Core 5” of powers without EU members. It explicitly names

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