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We need a new transatlantic bargain

If Washington is to continue to see enduring value in this historic alliance, it needs a true and more equal partnership.

February 20, 2025 4:00 am CET

EU targets €6B Ukraine military aid package 

Countries aim to shore up Kyiv’s strategic position amid ongoing talks between Russia and the United States.

February 18, 2025 4:55 pm CET

American troops in Europe are not ‘forever,’ US defense chief Hegseth warns

Donald Trump’s man in the Pentagon hints at major disruption to the continent’s 80-year-old protective security architecture.

February 14, 2025 1:38 pm CET

Donald Trump says trade wars are easy to win. Is that true?

How do tariffs actually work? How far will this conflict escalate? Can Europe escape? We answer all your burning questions.

February 3, 2025 7:50 pm CET

Jimmy Carter: The last progressive evangelical

The former president embodied a strain of Christianity that emphasized caring for those on the margins — but was eclipsed by the Religious Right.

December 30, 2024 9:37 am CET

German spy chief: Russia could test NATO loyalty to ‘mutual defense’ clause

Russia’s military will be in a position to launch an attack against NATO by the end of the decade, Germany’s foreign intelligence chief said.

November 28, 2024 2:54 pm CET

NATO’s Rutte says Russian attacks on Europe are ‘intensifying’

Moscow is “interfering directly in our democracies, sabotaging industry and committing violence,” said Mark Rutte.

November 4, 2024 6:26 pm CET

France bans Israeli companies from top naval warfare show

Euronaval decision comes amid escalating fallout between French President Emmanuel Macron and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

October 16, 2024 11:46 am CET

Putin, cash and guns prompt ‘explosive’ rethink of Swiss neutrality

After 500 years of non-alliance, a bombshell report recommends closer cooperation with the EU and NATO.

August 30, 2024 4:20 am CET

Weakened Macron keeps low profile at NATO summit

The political crisis in Paris is creating a void other European capitals are keen to fill.

July 12, 2024 12:34 am CET

The world’s most successful military alliance. If you can keep it.

Trump or not in the White House, NATO has to embrace some hard realities to survive another five — much less 75 — years.

July 9, 2024 4:00 pm CET

NATO’s in denial about deterrence by denial

Taking the necessary steps to fully operationalize deterrence by denial is critical — especially before a possible change in America’s relationship with NATO.

July 8, 2024 4:00 am CET
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Biden plagiarized him in the 1980s. Now Neil Kinnock wants the president to take a few more notes.

A Q&A with Neil Kinnock, who inadvertently tanked Biden’s first presidential run and sees some similarities between the British left and the U.S. left.

June 27, 2024 7:03 am CET

France deepens military ties with Germany, Poland ahead of risky snap election

There is fear that a far-right victory could upend France’s foreign and military policy.

June 24, 2024 5:44 pm CET

Germany to conscript 10K young men in questionnaire-based draft

Defense Minister Boris Pistorius unveiled his plan for Germany to return to national service.

June 12, 2024 7:56 pm CET

German weapons-maker loses Champions League final

Borussia Dortmund’s sponsorship deal with mega arms merchant triggered debate before the big game, in a country where military matters can still be taboo.

June 1, 2024 10:59 pm CET

Sweden gives more than €1B in Ukraine military aid

Sweden will give all of its PBV 302 armored tracked personnel carriers.

May 29, 2024 11:46 am CET

Europe needs ‘long-term re-armament’ to counter Russia, Poland’s foreign minister says

Poland supports allowing Ukraine to use Western weapons for attacks on Russian soil, Radosław Sikorski tells the Guardian.

May 25, 2024 4:17 pm CET

Serving the Vaterland: Germany debates reviving conscription

Expanding the Bundeswehr to a force of 203,000 is easier said than done.

May 13, 2024 5:29 pm CET

As US aid to Ukraine clears key hurdle, Europe grapples with its own support for Kyiv

Estonia and Sweden are among European countries warning against complacency, as EU foreign ministers are set to discuss Ukraine on Monday.

April 20, 2024 9:47 pm CET

EU unleashes arsenal of defense acronyms to fight Putin

Can’t tell your ASAP from your EDIRPA? POLITICO is here to help.

April 10, 2024 6:30 am CET

Berlin blames Taurus call leak on officer logging in via insecure Singapore hotel line

Germany is scrambling to clean up the damage following an embarrassing leak of secret information to the Russians.

March 5, 2024 11:30 am CET

EU plans to create defense-industrial complex ready for war

New strategy is the bloc’s response to the war in Ukraine and the need to restart arms and ammunition production.

February 27, 2024 5:08 pm CET

What we need is a European armament commissioner

The current procurement model isn’t only expensive, fragmented and bureaucratic but, above all, it won’t be enough to counter the real threat posed by Putin.

February 26, 2024 4:48 am CET
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