Midterms and Iran: the credibility of the lame duck and the incentive to war 05/11/2026 | Pietro Batacchi The decisive Democratic victory in the midterm elections, with the takeover of the Senate and the House of Representatives, raises significant questions about the possible… [read more]

Cold War in the Supermarket: Hybrid Warfare goes after the fridges 03/11/2026 | Pietro Batacchi The hacker attacks that hit several supermarket chains in Europe yesterday - after similar incidents in France in mid-October - are a tangible sign of… [read more]

Europe ‘on the menu’ in Putin’s Yalta 2.0 - former Ukrainian PM Yatsenyuk says 30/10/2026 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) Europe will not have a seat at the table, but will instead be “on the menu” in Vladimir Putin’s vision of a new geopolitical order,… [read more]

The Gulf edges back towards War 27/10/2026 | Pietro Batacchi While Israel votes today in what amounts to a referendum on Bibi — one that could end in a dead heat — instability in the… [read more]

Beijing opens in Laos its third overseas military base 14/10/2026 | Fabio Di Felice China’s Ministry of National Defense has announced the activation of a new China-Laos Joint Support and Training Center and a Friendship Aviation Academy at Ban… [read more]

EU delivers record sanctions blow to Russia as Trump tests Western unity 13/10/2026 | Caterina Tani While Trump’s energy deal with Putin shakes transatlantic unity on Ukraine, the EU is tightening the screws on the Kremlin. Meeting in Luxembourg, EU foreign… [read more]

The update on the Implementation of the US National Defense Strategy 07/10/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The Under Secretary of War for Policy, Elbridge A. Colby, delivered an update on the Implementation of the National Defense Strategy to the Senate Armed… [read more]

TKMS–EDGE MoU adds a German stakeholder to UAE’s naval ambitions - after Fincantieri and CMN 30/09/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone EDGE Group’s new Memorandum of Understanding with Germany’s TKMS is adds a German industrial stakeholder to an increasingly dense UAE naval ecosystem that already includes… [read more]

The new Greenland Agreement and what it guarantees the United States 29/09/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The new Greenland Agreement has, unsurprisingly, drawn conflicting assessments as the public and experts have asked who “won”, especially after the topic was blown out… [read more]

Moscow's hybrid steamroller tightens the grip on Europe 25/09/2026 | Pietro Batacchi The latest warning, as reported yesterday by Spanish newspaper El Mundo, comes from the CIA: Russia would be ready to launch drones against Italy, Spain,… [read more]

State of the Union 2026 - a new European security model? 17/09/2026 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) A European Security Council, a new emergency mechanism inspired by NATO’s Article 4, joint military capabilities and deeper integration with Ukraine. Commission President Ursula von… [read more]

Washington: NATO’s Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation discusses arctic warfare and new strategies 14/09/2026 | Wilder Alejandro Sanchez (Reporting from Washington, DC) Two parallel events occurred in two very different locations in early September: from 8-10 September, the Emerging Technologies for Defense Conference & Exhibition took place… [read more]

Yemen War: pro-Saudi militias collapse on the southwestern coast, Houthis advance 10/09/2026 | Pietro Batacchi and Carolina Paizs A turning point has been reached in the war between the Houthis and the pro-Saudi militias of the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), weeks after the… [read more]

Middle East: Iran raises the stakes 10/09/2026 | TOMMASO MASSA At around 23:30 on September 8, 2026, Iran launched a massive missile attack against U.S. military bases in Jordan. The raid came in response to… [read more]

Kyiv, the truce is over 08/09/2026 | Pietro Batacchi The 72-hour truce, put in place to guarantee the safety of the US delegation led by Trump's envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, has expired,… [read more]

Royal Canadian Navy’s maritime strategy to underscore multi-stakeholder contribution to national CUI security 01/09/2026 | Dr Lee Willett The Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN’s) new maritime strategy is underlining the contribution of different government stakeholders, including the navy itself, plus the commercial sector in… [read more]

1-3-NEXT: Sweden’s Army looks to a Corps of 3 Divisions by 2040 21/08/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli The 1-3-NEXT (Målbild Armén 2040) document has been issued by the Swedish Army staff on 18 June 2026 and is now being circulated in public… [read more]

Italy deploys air and land task forces to the Gulf 03/08/2026 | Pietro Batacchi and Tommaso Massa Since March 2026, following the crisis in the Gulf and requests from partner countries, Italy has deployed a military contingent to the Arabian peninsula in… [read more]

Iran: Washington's political-military credibility at its lowest 29/07/2026 | Pietro Batacchi Calm has returned to the Strait of Hormuz over the past few days following recent escalation, but the strategic temperature remains dangerously elevated. A fresh… [read more]

Farnborough Air Show 2026: a win for GCAP… and for drones 21/07/2026 | Pietro Batacchi The Farnborough Air Show 2026, the traditional biennial aerospace and defence event in the United Kingdom, opened tod, after the Italian-British-Japanese sixth-generation fighter programme took… [read more]