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European Militarism on Steroids Is Not Good, Either March 14, 2025

Lacking in any strategic thinking, a new bellicism has swept up the elites and gone into cataclysmic overdrive in recent weeks ...

EU Defense Proposal Isn't a Course Correction March 14, 2025

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 armaments programme since the end of World War Two. ...

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EU Summit on Ukraine: Europe Seems Ready To Spend on Defense March 07, 2025

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Investor Beware of Robust European Defense Spending March 06, 2025

Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, has proposed that Europe increase its defense spending by 1.5% of GDP over the average 2.0% European countries are currently spending. ...

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Defense Industry Spends Big on Lobbying Brussels March 05, 2025

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Defense Spending and Peace Through Strength August 27, 2024

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South Korea’s Growing Role as Arms Exporter August 21, 2024

The last few years have seen a surge in defense spending, particularly in regard to conventional defense technologies. “We’ve had a huge increase in demand from our European allies and partners over the last few years since the … invasion by the Russ...

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Canadian Foreign Minister Undermines NATO on China August 10, 2024

Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly’s official visit to Beijing last month demonstrates both a failure to take Chinese interference in Canadian democracy seriously and an apparent determination to undermine the United States and other NATO allies ...

NATO Missed a Chance To Transform Itself August 07, 2024

Apart from the heat, the NATO summit went off without a hitch. Yes, Washington was consumed with the political whirlwind surrounding President Joe Biden. But for NATO, and the Biden administration, this was a mission accomplished: a no drama summit. ...

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