As debates intensify around the defense policy consequences of a second Trump presidency for Europe, much of the commentary misses a critical dimension: the material realities shaping European security and defense. The war of attrition in Ukraine has laid bare Europe’s urgent need for a stronger defense industrial base. Following the U.S. Department of Defense, the E.U. Commission published its first defense-industrial strategy in March 2024, setting even more ambitious targets for joint development and procurement than those previously unmet.
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Daniel Larison, Responsible Statecraft
A new book calling for retrenchment says the country needs a radical overhaul of domestic politics, including elections and Congress.
Luke High, Modern War Institute
Imagine a society where the cornerstone of national defense—its military—faces eroding confidence from the very citizens it serves.
The British Army cannot afford to slip this year as the Ajax and Boxer programmes near the IOC finish line in Q4 2025.
BLACKROCK CAMP, Fiji — The Pentagon is set to supply the Fiji Military Forces with new maritime assets and (pending Congress’ approval) $4.9 million in security assistance to help modernize and professionalize the island nation’s battalions, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters on Nov. 23.
An Army Reserve master sergeant was arrested twice this month by Florida sheriffs for having inappropriate relationships with high school students while working as a substitute teacher.
Two different Florida county sheriff offices charged and arrested Army Reserve Master Sgt. Joseph Antoine Prevatte for sending inappropriate messages to high school students and in one case, having a sexual relationship with one of them.
Prevatte, 39, an intelligence non-commissioned officer, has been assigned to a Reserve detachment with Special Operations Command since March 14, 2022.
Gary Anderson, RealClearDefense
Anyone familiar with downtown Moscow knows taxi drivers have a very rough time delivering passengers in the middle of the city.
Why? Because the Kremlin jams GPS in the capital in order to protect against Western GPS guided weapons.
It is possible the DHL flight which crashed into the ground on final approach in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, a mile before the runway, could have been impacted by similar GPS jamming out of the Russian exclave Kaliningrad.
Kaliningrad borders Lithuania where the accident took place.
How the U.S. military chooses and promotes its generals and admirals — the highest-ranking officers in the military — rarely gets attention. That changed this month with reports that officials appointed under President-elect Donald Trump may take a far more direct role in shaping the military’s general officer corps
Last week, the process that moves three- and four-star generals upwards came to the forefront when a promotion for Army Lt. Gen.
The Czech Army will cement its use of the Leopard 2A4 tanks in the coming years, with the current national variant T-72 to be withdrawn.