Category: Defence and Security
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Sanctions by Other Means: Ukraine’s Refinery Strikes and the Policy Brussels Won’t Claim
Kyiv is degrading Russian refining capacity faster than the EU’s own sanctions regime. Washington meets…
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Four Indo-Pacific Partners Join Europe’s Ministers in New York
New York: The European Union’s foreign ministers hold an informal meeting on the margins of…
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Defence Omnibus Clears Parliament With Permits Capped at 42 Days
Trenčín: The European Parliament adopted the defence omnibus on 16 September 2026, capping national permits…
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Tokyo’s Path Into Europe’s Loan Fund Runs Through a Content Cap
Nagoya: The heavy industrial belt along Ise Bay builds much of what Japan’s forces fly…
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Brussels Releases 3.3 Billion for Ukrainian Drones and Missiles
Lviv: The European Commission disbursed 3.3 billion euro to Ukraine on 18 September 2026 under…
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Europe’s Drone Wall Runs Two Years Behind Its Threat Curve
Siauliai: Europe’s drone wall now carries three separate delivery dates, and none of them matches…
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European Security Council Faces a Missing Legal Base
The European Security Council proposed in this week’s State of the Union is the most…
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New Zealand Is the Partner Europe Talks To but Has Not Signed
Devonport: The naval base on Auckland’s north shore hosts a fleet small enough to be…
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Council Must Sign Off Five Defence Projects Before EDIP Pays Out
Vilnius: The European Commission handed EU governments five joint defence projects on 3 July 2026,…
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What Japan’s Defence Exports Mean for European Shipyards
Kobe: The yards on Osaka Bay have built warships for Japan’s navy for decades under…
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Troop Convoys Still Need Three Days of Paperwork to Cross Europe
Kaunas: A brigade travelling from a Dutch barracks to a Lithuanian training area crosses four…
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Europe’s Air Shield Still Waits on Borders It Cannot Cross
Rzeszów: Ursula von der Leyen used her State of the Union address on 16 September…
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North Korea Now Earns From Europe Without Shipping Anything
Vladivostok: Labour brokers in Russia’s Pacific port city have handled North Korean work crews for…
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What the Defence Omnibus Actually Lets Governments Skip
Tampere: Simplification packages are judged by what they remove, and the fifth omnibus reaches the…
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What Australia Actually Gets From a Non-Binding Defence Pact
Darwin: The port and airbase at the top of Australia’s Northern Territory host rotating foreign…
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Rail Compensation Is the Sticking Point in Military Mobility Talks
Rostock: Ask a Baltic port operator what military mobility means in practice and the answer…
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Statements Are Doing the Work Europe’s Cyber Sanctions Will Not
Dandong: The Chinese border city across the Yalu from Sinuiju has housed trading offices, guesthouses…
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Two Kilometres from NATO, and the Threshold Russia Keeps Testing
On Saturday, Russian drones struck within a few kilometres of Poland’s border in Ukraine’s Volyn…
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Counter-Drone Money Arrives Faster Than the Drone Wall Itself
Vilnius: Europe has decided to spend on drone defence before it has decided what the…
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Can Korea’s Defence Industry Get Inside Europe’s SAFE Fund
Changwon: The industrial belt along South Korea’s southern coast turns out artillery systems and armoured…
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Armies Get a Three Day Clock and Roads Get 100 Billion
Alexandroupoli: The Greek port has spent the last decade proving a point that European law…
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Defence Industry Talks Give Japan a Seat Beside European Firms
Nagoya: The aerospace suppliers clustered around this industrial city build airframe sections, radar components and…
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Missile Lines Get Funding While the First Call Shuts in October
Bourges: The artillery works in this central French town have spent two years hiring welders…
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Can Europe Agree Military Mobility Rules Before December
Klaipėda: Cargo leaving this Lithuanian port for the Polish border crosses one frontier and several…