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20260213 MSC, Munich Security Conference, Bayrischer Hof - Conference Hall: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks at the 62nd Munich Security Conference. Standing at the podium, he delivers remarks on pressing international security issues, with the MSC logo visible in the background. Photo: Marc Conzelmann/MSC

“Diese Ordnung … gibt es so nicht mehr”: Merz Declares the Post-War World Order Dead and Munich Turns Into a NATO Stress Test

Diplomacy

The 62nd Munich Security Conference opened in Munich on 13 February 2026 with a mood of damage inspection. In the gilded halls of the Bayerischer Hof, Germany’s chancellor declared the post-war order effectively over, Washington defended the alliance while attaching conditions, and Europe’s leaders quietly began planning for scenarios once considered unthinkable. What was once the anchor of transatlantic

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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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Germany’s Rearmament Surge: Patria’s Historic €2bn 6×6 Vehicle Deal

Business, News

Germany’s defence procurement is surging to historic levels. In mid-December 2025, the Bundestag’s budget committee cleared roughly €50 billion in new equipment contracts, pushing the 2025 defence budget to a record around €83 billion. Among the more than 100 projects approved, Patria secured a €2 billion contract with the German Bundeswehr for 6×6 CAVS armoured

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Breaking with the Russian Gauge – Baltic States Set to Remove Old Rails to the East

Analysis

The presidents of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia have agreed in principle that if one Baltic state removes its railway connections to Russia and Belarus, the others will follow suit in unison. Meeting in Riga on December 4, 2025, the three leaders discussed dismantling the old 1,520 mm “Russian gauge” tracks that cross their eastern borders. Unprecedented

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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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Finland’s Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen used the launch of the Nordic Economic Security Forum (NESF) in Helsinki to pitch a bold economic initiative for the Alliance: a free-trade zone covering the entirety of NATO.

Finland’s Foreign Minister Valtonen: NATO-Wide Free Trade Needed

Economic

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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