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How to equip Canada’s defense industrial base to meet NATO’s Hague summit commitments

In 2025 Canada met NATO’s target of spending 2 percent of GDP on defense for the first time and...

How Pete Hegseth’s zeal to bring religiosity to the Pentagon is dividing the military

Veterans tell the Guardian that Hegseth’s religiosity – rubbing off in new recruitment ads and...

US arms deal with NATO still leaves Ukraine in limbo

Earlier in July, an agreement was reached for European NATO allies to purchase American weapons,...

Is Russia outpacing NATO In weapons production?

Russia is “now producing three times as much ammunition in three months as the whole of NATO is...

To meet NATO’s 5 percent benchmark, allies need more industrial capacity. Here’s how they can build it.

Industrial capacity is a vulnerability on both sides of the Atlantic. Current allied defense...

NATO is unprepared for the growing threat posed by Putin’s Russia

Increased defense spending alone will not solve Europe’s Putin problem. NATO members must also...

What NATO nations should learn from the Kherson Regional Military Administration

The lessons from Kherson could be critical for officials in other regions in Eastern Europe,...

Could US attack Iran’s Fordow nuclear site? Military movements offer a clue

The US has stepped up its military presence in the Middle East since the weekend but has left...

Fortifying the Baltic Sea - NATO’s defence and deterrence strategy for hybrid threats

Recent events have solidified the Baltic Sea as an area of critical strategic importance. It serves...

Trump fails to get Putin to stop the shooting

Some commentators argue Putin is dithering, playing for time and unable to make up his mind. But it...

Baltic region prepares for war as Russia and US debate Ukraine’s fate

As Russia and the US debate Ukraine’s future, countries on the Baltic Sea are ramping up...

Kyiv’s White House wooing implodes as Zelenskyy tells the truth about Trump

All the effort Kyiv had expended in wooing the White House, combining flattery with bribery and a...

Europe’s chance to secure peace in Ukraine

A coalition of willing NATO allies could physically step in to help secure a future demarcation...

Why South Korea should go nuclear

South Korea has long relied on the United States to keep the North Korean nuclear threat at bay....

The unlikelihood of an Asian NATO

While security in the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific regions seem to be growing increasingly...

Moscow reaches out to new Syrian leadership in move to secure bases

After the collapse of Assad, the Kremlin’s staunchest ally in the Middle East who has fled to...

Too little, too late

What we fail to realise is that Putin has already won the most important battle. He has tested the...

Mark Rutte: North Korean troops in Europe marks turning point

So far, our support has kept Ukraine in the fight. But we need to do much more in order to shift...

If Trump wins the election, NATO can expect more turbulence ahead

Politeness and convention dictate that European leaders try to sound noncommittal when asked...

Conscription is breaking Ukraine

In Ukraine today, no topic is more barbed than that of compulsory military service. Few want to...

Security and defense will have to rest more on Europe — and less on the US

After decades of underinvestment and spending cuts to NATO, there remains much more to be done. But...

Starmer heads for first Nato summit stressing continued Ukraine support

Keir Starmer flies out this week to a turbulent Washington DC for a Nato summit aiming to emphasise...

NATO cannot survive without America

Last month, NATO, the world’s most successful military alliance, celebrated its 75th anniversary....

What Sweden Adds to NATO’s Military Arsenal

Through decades of official foreign policy neutrality—though with close NATO cooperation and...

Estonian president: NATO and EU can’t carry on like it’s peacetime

A billboard recently erected in Ivangorod, just across Estonia’s border with Russia, reads:...

What’s old is new again: How to boost NATO’s air defenses in Europe

Under the impression of Russia’s missile war against Ukraine, NATO leaders are wrestling once again...

How three Boston women are helping NATO scout for defense startups

About five years ago, the North American Treaty Organization decided it needed a new mechanism to...

NATO has its sights set on Asia

Among those who convened this month in Vilnius, Lithuania, for the yearly NATO summit were the...

Nato must support Ukraine with clearer road map to membership

Last week’s Nato summit had three tasks: consolidate support for Ukraine; strengthen the alliance’s...

Russia pushes Europe’s neutral states closer to NATO

Will Switzerland join Nato? This scenario still seems a long way off. Yet there has been much...

For Moscow, that NATO summit must have been highly alarming

Seen from the perspective of the Kremlin, the NATO meeting can hardly have beencomforting — once...

The potential for a NATO presence in Jordan

Recently, news has been circulating about the possibility of a NATO office being opened in Jordan,...

From ‘brain death’ to innovator, the Ukraine war has transformed NATO

Ever since President Vladimir Putin gave the order for Russian troops to invade Ukraine, the...

Nordic Air Force Takes Flight

With Sweden aiming to enter NATO around the time of the 31-nation alliance’s annual summit in...

NATO vs. Canada, its nicest truant

Canada is a committed, agreeable ally. So why, NATO countries are wondering, is it not getting up...