Ireland defends nothing, its unarmed neutrality is ‘balderdash’
Ireland is an anomaly inside an absurdity wrapped in an incongruity.
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The Eurofighter charade: Turkey’s rise and the EU’s defence disarray
The European Union’s dream of strategic autonomy lies in tatters, undermined by the United Kingdom, a non-EU power, steering talks to sell 40 Eurofighter Typhoon…
No French nuclear umbrella for Poland in new bilateral defence treaty
Poland has signed a defence cooperation treaty with France that promised joint military exercises and increased military arms sales to Poland but did not provide…
Build a welfare state and your men become parasites not soldiers
Here follows an abstract theory that requires more evidence before it becomes a concrete one: welfare states both by definition and by psychological design are incapable…
Spain ‘must boost defence spending’, says EC as Putin ‘hopes no need for nuclear weapons’ in Ukraine war
Spain will have to raise defence spending to 3 per cent of gross domestic product, European Commissioner for Defence Industry and Space Andrius Kubilius said.
German President reassures NATO as Kyiv questions Putin’s three-day ceasefire
NATO can count on Berlin to step up its contribution to the defence of Europe as the Atlantic alliance faces a future more uncertain than 70 years ago when Germany…
European arms suppliers set to miss out on EU defence budget surge
Foreign weapons and defence technology makers seem poised to cash in on Europe's defence boom, side-lining the continent’s own industry despite soaring military…
Belgian auditor trashes new defence agreement with France: lack of vision and competence
A confidential audit has disclosed that Belgium paid 10 times the correct price for new French armoured vehicles.
The drums of war: Lithuania sets out evacuation plan
Vilnius in Lithuania has unveiled an evacuation plan amid fears of a Russian invasion.
Evil in unexpected places, even among wartime allies
An old Irish proverb describes how a stranger asks an elderly countryman for directions to a certain place: “If that’s where you want to go,” comes the reply,…
French political ambition, accessorized with nuclear bombs
The French have been trying to be the main player in Europe for centuries, with varying success.
‘EU must spend more on defence or risk war with Russia,’ says Lithuanian minister
Europe must remove borrowing limits for defence spending or face the prospect of war with Russia, according to Lithuanian defence minister Dovile Sakaliene.
EU defence procurement model is broken, conference hears
EU procurement rules are too hard to implement and should be abandoned, conference-goers heard on April 14.
‘French defence industry at increasing risk of malicious action,’ warns intelligence agency chief
A rise in both online and physical attacks has threatened France's defence industry, according to Général Philippe Susnjara, director of the French Government’s…
High tax + high welfare + low defence = European good life threatened by Trump
When one looks at Europe’s responses to the threats which have faced it in the past few years – the Trump administration demanding they defend themselves, Russia’s…
US officials object to European push to buy weapons locally
US officials have told European allies they want them to keep buying American-made arms, amid recent moves by the European Union to limit US manufacturers'…
Finland to revoke ban on anti-personnel landmines and boost defence spending
Finland has announced it will withdraw from the Ottawa Convention, an international agreement banning the production and use of anti-personnel landmines.
Portugal latest debt-ridden country to reject Frederiksen’s call to ‘spend, spend, spend’ on defence
Danish PM Mette Frederiksen's call on other EU leaders to “spend, spend, spend” on defence and deterrence has seen new resistance from countries like Portugal,…
Poland wants to redirect EU post-pandemic funds into rearmament
Poland's centre-left government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced it wants to channel €7.
It was always just the US: Europe, a continent unwilling to prepare for war
Europe as a political, cultural and economic entity does not deserve to survive.
Tusk accuses opposition of ‘Russian sabotage’ as consensus on Polish defence breaks down
The consensus between the Polish centre-left government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk and the opposition Conservatives (PiS) over Polish defence and security…
EU leaders to discuss defence as military tensions heat up
Accusations from Moscow, mixed signals from Washington and discord in Europe reigned as another summit unfolded in Brussels.
Turkey and the EU’s defence dilemma: a partner too far?
Europe’s security mechanism is not at its best.
Denmark looks to Europe for defence system over Israeli option
For the past 20 years, Denmark has been without a new permanent surface-to-air system but now, in light of the Russian war in Ukraine, the acquisition process has…
Commission unveils defence plans to reduce reliance on US for security
The European Commission has presented its plans making clear that the European Union does not want to continue relying on the US for its security and must build…
Baltic States and Poland plan to leave agreement banning anti-personnel mines
The defence ministers of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland have recommended to their governments that they should leave the UN-backed Ottawa Convention, an international…
Polish opposition warns against EU control of country’s armed forces
Poland’s Conservative (PiS) opposition to the centre-left government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk has claimed the PM was selling out the independence of the…
Portugal may ditch ordering new US fighter jets, citing US foreign policy
Portugal's defence minister Nuno Melo has cast doubt over whether his country would order US fight jet F-35 to update its military capabilities, citing US President…
EU defence proposal is just a debt-union, not a serious course correction
It is not entirely without irony that the “The Most Successful Peace Project in the History of Mankind” is currently planning the continent’s most ambitious…
Neutral Austria to buy €4 billion worth of long-range missiles, says defence minister
Austria will spend €4 billion on the acquisition of long-range air defence missiles, Klaudia Tanner, the country’s defence minister, has announced.