Hanwha Aerospace entered Estonia with a €100 million defence-industry investment proposal linked to its ambitions in the country’s military modernisation. Subsequent reporting showed the package depended on Hanwha winning a major procurement competition. At the same time, records concerning other
Hanwha’s Estonian Campaign: Investment Pledge and the Russia Problem Read More »
The meeting rooms at NATO Support and Procurement Agency headquarters in Luxembourg rarely make headlines. Yet decisions taken there shape how NATO countries buy weapons, spare parts and ammunition. This is where a quiet logistics revolution is underway. And the
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Hungary’s deepening ties with Russia, capped by a sweeping 12-point cooperation plan, are exposing widening fractures inside NATO and the EU just as the country heads into a pivotal election. With Western actors accusing one another of interference and Moscow
Russia’s war in Ukraine has entered a grinding, manpower-hungry phase. Evidence from independent Russian outlets, European reporting, and official assessments points to a clear pattern: men who should have been medically exempt, including those with physical illnesses, mental health conditions,
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A growing body of evidence suggests that financial markets may be doing more than reacting to geopolitical shocks. In several recent cases, they appear to have anticipated them. That raises a harder question than legality. If trading activity reveals patterns
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Ukraine’s drone strike on Russia’s Primorsk and Ust-Luga oil terminals has pushed the war into the narrow waters of the Gulf of Finland, less than 50 kilometres from NATO territory, and exposed a critical vulnerability in Moscow’s Baltic export system.
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If we want lasting peace, we cannot reward aggression. Because if aggression pays off, then aggression will continue, reminded, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas in Zurich. Historically, empires change only when they lose their
Kaja Kallas: Russia Has to Lose Its Last Colonial War Read More »
The killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, in a joint US–Israeli strike has pushed the region out of the long shadow war and into open, state-to-state coercion. Tehran’s response, ballistic missiles, drones, and sustained pressure against Israel and US-linked
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Finland has decided that NATO’s Forward Land Forces (FLF) Multinational Staff Element (MNSE) will be established in Rovaniemi, in Finnish Lapland. The decision was announced by Finland’s Ministry of Defence on 16 February 2026, with Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen arguing
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Governments are starting to treat Vehicle Cyber as part of base security, not just consumer privacy. Poland’s armed forces have introduced a formal ban on vehicles manufactured in the People’s Republic of China entering protected military facilities, treating Smart Cars
