Strategy

Poland’s Anti-Ukrainian Violence Is Part of a Wider Battle for Europe

Analysis, Diplomacy, Strategy

Violence against Ukrainians in Poland is rising just as European support for Kyiv becomes more contested. Across Germany, France, Britain and other European countries, opposition to military aid, sanctions and continued financial support is moving from the political margins towards mainstream debate. The forces driving it differ sharply from country to country, from genuine domestic

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Adapt or Fall Behind: What Ukraine Is Forcing Western Defence to Relearn

Analysis, Strategy, Technology

The war in Ukraine has collapsed the distance between theory and practice. For Western defence industry and armed forces, it has become a continuous stress test of doctrine, technology and industrial capacity. For Patria, the central lesson is not to imitate, but to understand, adapt and build systems that endure beyond the current cycle of

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“What has happened since we became members of the NATO Alliance, and the same goes for Finland, is that it’s easier to access business opportunities via NSPA,” Saab’s NSPA specialist Magnus Larsson described at the BEDEX 2026 event in Brussels.

Inside NATO’s Quiet Buying Machine: NSPA Framework Deals Are Opening the Market for Saab

News, Strategy

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 door to the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) market has now been opened to

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The Madman’s Bluff: Fear as Strategy from Hannibal to Trump

Strategy

When power is uncertain, fear becomes a tool. From Richard Nixon to Kim Jong-un, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, leaders have tried to weaponize unpredictability, convincing adversaries they might act without restraint. Controlled risk can force concessions, but once the bluff is tested, the strategy either collapses or escalates beyond control. The idea of the

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Drones Are Not Wonder Weapons

Strategy

In discussions about drones, the first card typically played is “The battle tank is dead!” After a brief back-and-forth, the matter is dismissed by throwing down the “Drones are not wonder weapons” card. The first starts the conversation; the second ends it. Too often, they’re played so quickly in succession that the discussion dies before

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Bringing the War to NATO’s Northern Edge: Ukraine strikes Russia’s Baltic Oil Hub

News, Strategy

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. One drone already crossed from Russian airspace and struck a chimney at the Auvere power

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The Bomb Is Back: Allied Democracies Are Reopening the Nuclear File

Strategy

For three decades, allied democracies treated nuclear weapons as an embarrassing inheritance: praise disarmament in public, renew the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT ) on schedule, condemn rogue proliferators, and quietly rely on the American umbrella to do the dirty work. That ritual is now fraying. From Sweden’s suddenly candid editorials to Japan’s reopened taboos and

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China Weaponises Its Supply‑Chain Dominance: New Magnet and Rare‑Earth Restrictions Expose NATO’s Vulnerabilities

Analysis, Strategy

China has dramatically tightened its grip on global technology supply chains by extending export controls on rare earths, adding five more elements to its list and imposing new licence requirements on semiconductor users, just weeks before Presidents Trump and Xi meet. Beijing dominates the sector, accounting for about 70 % of global mining and roughly 90 %

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Oil rig (Shutterstock)

Poland’s Baltic Oil Strike: Energy Security Boost Amid Green Transition

News, Strategy

Poland has struck black gold off its northern coast, unveiling what experts call the country’s largest oil discovery ever – and one of Europe’s biggest in a decade. This finding could significantly strengthen Poland’s national and regional energy security. A Canadian exploration firm, Central European Petroleum (CEP), announced that its Wolin East-1 well, drilled just

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Artist’s rendering of a Danish MQ-9B SkyGuardian drone patrolling icy Arctic waters. Denmark is acquiring four of these long-range U.S.-built drones to bolster surveillance over Greenland and the North Atlantic. (Image: Danish Ministry of Defence)

Arctic Defence: Denmark to Patrol Airspace with Over‑the‑Horizon Drones

Business, Strategy

Denmark is dramatically boosting its Arctic surveillance capabilities by purchasing four over-the-horizon unmanned drones. Norway has also been studying long-range drones for its High North, eyeing the MQ-9B and other platforms for Arctic surveillance. This is a significant upgrade of NATO’s eyes in the Far North. In July 2025, Copenhagen signed an agreement via NATO’s

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