Emphasising the recurring rise of geoeconomics, Finland’s Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen used the launch of the Nordic Economic Security Programme (NESPO) in Helsinki to pitch a bold economic initiative for the Alliance: a free-trade zone covering the entirety of NATO. Support for Ukraine will weigh on Nordic national budgets for years, if not decades —
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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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Britain is under sustained attack from Iran—not with armies, but through assassins, cyberweapons, and street-level criminal proxies. In a damning new report, the UK Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) warns that Tehran has become one of the most active and unpredictable hostile actors targeting the United Kingdom today. Iran’s hybrid offensive is a campaign
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In the pantheon of World War II cinema, Denmark rarely takes centre stage. Yet in 2008, director Ole Christian Madsen delivered an audaciously raw and morally unsettling portrait of the Danish resistance with Flammen og Citronen (Flame & Citron). Based on real figures—Bent Faurschou-Hviid (“Flame”) and Jørgen Haagen Schmith (“Citron”)—this film is less about patriotism
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Following the 2024 Nordic Defence Cooperation Agreement, Finland, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden are tightening their alliance with a technical pact to standardise ammunition certification. The goal is to simplify joint procurement and ensure seamless interoperability across the Nordic NATO members. Denmark has selected Nammo, a Norwegian-Finnish defence company, to recommence its ammunition production in Jutland.
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Denmark has significantly enhanced its defence capabilities recently, particularly in the Arctic and North Atlantic regions. This move comes in response to escalating geopolitical tensions and renewed interest from U.S. President Donald Trump in acquiring Greenland. In October 2024, the U.S. Department of State approved a potential sale of up to 203 advanced missiles to
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It was a long wait for Ukraine before the US Senate finally approved its 60-billion-dollar aid, including long-range ATACMS missiles. In the meanwhile, the EU and Nordic countries have already acted. The Nordics and the Balts are rapidly boosting their ammunition production for Ukraine, particularly 155mm artillery shells. While the additional ammunition is crucial to
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Risto 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 Union combined the kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden in the Middle Ages. It ended exactly five hundred
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What determines how nations perceive their own security? President Mauno Koivisto answered that with a whole book. It was called: Geography and historical experience. By Jaakko Iloniemi When we think about our own history and the history of our neighboring countries, that observation is confirmed. During the Second World War, the experiences of five Nordic
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