UK Armed Forces set to launch ‘Gap Year’ pilot programme in 2026
The Foundation ‘Gap Year’ Scheme is designed to offer transferable skills. Credit: Government of UK. The UK Armed…
UK misses self-imposed deadline for Defence Investment Plan
UK Ministry of Defence building, Whitehall, London. Credit: Shutterstock/TK Kurikawa. The UK government has missed its own deadline…
Behind the negotiating table to end the Russia-Ukraine war
A recent flurry of negotiations among American, Russian, Ukrainian, and European officials to find a diplomatic solution to…
Budget delivers little as UK Defence Investment Plan wait goes on
The UK Ministry of Defence has contended with multiple pressures to its budget. Credit: UK MoD/Crown copyright The…
Is Trump going to war in Venezuela? What the US is doing.
The US is up to something in Venezuela. But what exactly? Since early September, the US military has…
EU invest €30m in first private credit vehicle dedicated to defence
European Investment Fund headquarters in Luxembourg. Credit: Shutterstock/nitpicker. The European Investment Fund, the European Union’s (EU) specialised financial…
Europe’s difficult trade-off between military and welfare spending: the Italian case
The idea of building a three-mile suspension bridge between Sicily and Italy’s mainland was notoriously a pet project…
German Navy risk stretching too far to safeguard several theatres
MEKO A400 model baseline for Germany’s future air defence frigate, the F-127. Credit: thyssenrupp. Earlier this week, Germany’s…
How would Trump and Harris handle the Russia-Ukraine war?
Ukraine and its war with Russia have become a central and controversial topic in the 2024 U.S. presidential…
How must Europe reorganize its conventional defense?
The transatlantic security relationship today is shaped by the ambition to shift the burden of defense from the…