Share with your friendsDefence Commission proposed a major hike in Sweden’s military budget. The plans would raise Sweden’s defence spending to 2.61 percent of GDP. Funding remains open. Increase in conscription, missiles, surface combat vessels, expanded air defense capability, new
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The Norwegian Government has proposed a historical increase in defence expenditure by 600 billion kroner (approximately 60 billion USD) over the coming 12 years. This proposal would double the Norwegian Armed Forces budget, promising enhanced personnel numbers and new capabilities across all service branches.
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Share with your friendsSweden is leaving behind 200 years as a non-aligned country after the Hungarian parliament approved Sweden’s NATO membership. Just days before, Hungary decided to buy four additional Saab Gripen C fighters. “Sweden is leaving behind 200 years
Share with your friendsAs Hungary is announcing rediscovered friendly cooperation with Sweden and the US-led NATO alliance, it remains active toward the East. Hungary is now having a ménage à cinq with its security entanglements – with Sweden, USA/NATO, Russia,
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Share with your friendsThe Biden administration is advocating for the U.S. to send long-range missiles to Ukraine, if the funding passes. Meanwhile, France’s President Macron has discussed the formation of a missile alliance, but Germany’s Chancellor Scholz is still withholding
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Share with your friendsFinland is set to open its doors wider to United States military presence as part of a new bilateral Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with the U.S., a move signaling a significant shift in the Nordic country’s defence
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Share with your friends”The United States must convince China that it can prevail in a long war,” wrote Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr. in his Foreign Affairs article “The Big One: Preparing for a Long War With China”, published on December 12,
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Share with your friendsThe Norwegian Government strengthens Norway’s air defence by ordering new NASAMS air defence systems from Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace. It pledges to be committed to NATO’s 2 percent guideline in its defence budget. The Norwegian government
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Share with your friendsYevgeny Prigozhin is no Ceasar, nor Yeltsin – and Vladimir Putin is not Pompeius the Great. History never repeats itself, but Yeltsin and Caesar did manifest themselves as saviours of the republic and defenders of the citizen.
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Share with your friendsRisto E. J. Penttilä Finland and Sweden’s membership in NATO is a boost for Nordic cooperation. Is it time for a new Kalmar Union? If so, should the Baltic states be part of it? The original Kalmar
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