European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen recently called on the EU to increase its military capabilities, including the possibility of creating a European army...
Tag - Defence
Three women from emerging Europe are currently being tipped to become the next secretary-general of NATO. And yet while much attention has already been given to their...
Russia has responded to NATO’s largest ever Black Sea exercise by organising out live fire manoeuvres of its own. NATO and several partner states from six...
The hijacking by Belarus on May 23 of a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius did not come as a surprise to defence ministries across the Black Sea region. Except for...
Serbia suspended obligatory military service in 2011, but the country looks set to reintroduce it, despite concerns that it may struggle to foot the bill. Will young men...
Reform of the Ukrainian defence giant Ukroboronprom points towards a promising future for a potentially important, yet under-performing sector of the country’s...
Several countries in emerging Europe, all in close proximity to Russia, maintain a system of mandatory military service for young men. They argue that conscription is...
Romania’s flourishing IT sector gets a new boost from the European Union, which will host its new Cybersecurity Competence Centre in the country’s capital...
Much of emerging Europe is at risk of corruption in the defence and security sectors, according to new research from Transparency International. Decades of progress...
The world can look forward to four years of measured, hands-on diplomacy. I encountered Senator Joe Biden for the first time at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee...
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has told the Georgian prime minister Giorgi Gakharia to “make full use” of all the opportunities to move closer to...
Fake handbags, fake watches and – increasingly – fake electronics are a common sight at flea markets across the world. The goods, often of dubious quality...
