Europe seeks greater security role but is divided on Ukraine peacekeeping 19/02/2025 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) Europe would be prepared to take greater control of its security and support a "lasting peace" in Ukraine but remains divided on deploying peacekeeping forces.… [leggi la notizia]

IDEX 2025, the UAE expands its role in the region 17/02/2025 | Pietro Batacchi (reporting from Abu Dhabi) The most important exhibition for Middle Eastern defence, IDEX, has started today at the gigantic ADNEC (Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center), as usual, now in… [leggi la notizia]

Ukraine, negotiations start, driven by power politics 13/02/2025 | Pietro Batacchi With yesterday's phone calls to Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky, US President Donald Trump has formally opened negotiations on Ukraine. As he promised during his… [leggi la notizia]

Paris AI Action Summit: France seeks a leading role in “frugal AI” 13/02/2025 | Giulia Tilenni The AI Action Summit held on 10 and 11 February in Paris, and co-chaired by India and France, brought together global leaders, tech executives, and… [leggi la notizia]

Breaking the bank: EU explores 'full flexibility' for defence spending 04/02/2025 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) Faced with cyberattacks and geopolitical crises and caught between the Russian anvil and the (plastic) hammer of US threats, the EU agreed to strengthen critical… [leggi la notizia]

RisiKo! Let’s invade Greenland! 30/01/2025 | Giulia Tilenni In the last few weeks, the newly sworn in US President, Donald Trump, reaffirmed US’ interest in acquiring Greenland, a choice justified as “a need… [leggi la notizia]

Leonardo and Baykar towards partnership 30/01/2025 | Pietro Batacchi Italy's Leonardo and the Turkish company Baykar are exploring important industrial synergies in the field of unmanned technologies, according to Leonardo's official communications. As we… [leggi la notizia]

Italy and Saudi Arabia establish strategic partneship - with special focus on defence ties 29/01/2025 | Pietro Batacchi Italy and Saudi Arabia have signed an agreement to strengthen ties between the two countries and bring them to the level of strategic partnership. The… [leggi la notizia]

Russia and Iran sign a new 20-year strategic partnership 28/01/2025 | Fabio Di Felice Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a long-discussed (and criticized) Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty. The agreement was signed on January 17th… [leggi la notizia]

IRON WALL, the new IDF's operation in Jenin 22/01/2025 | Carolina Paizs Just 3 days after the beginning of the ceasefire in Gaza – which, at least for now, seems to be holding – the Israel Defence… [leggi la notizia]

MBDA makes ROXEL a fully-owned subsidiary 14/01/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli MBDA has announced that ROXEL, strategic supplier of rocket motors and energetic, is being made a wholly-owned subsidiary after the Group has completed the acquisition… [leggi la notizia]

Deadlock breaks, Joseph Aoun new President of Lebanon 14/01/2025 | Pietro Batacchi After more than two years of stalemate, with one office remaining vacant, Lebanon has its new President, the Commander of the LAF (Lebanese Armed Forces),… [leggi la notizia]

Industry Talks: the renaissance of the Eurofighter Typhoon 20/12/2024 | Pietro Batacchi At the end of December, the Spanish Government signed with NETMA (NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency) and the Eurofighter consortium the contract for the… [leggi la notizia]

Israel and the new geopolitics in the Middle East 18/12/2024 | Pietro Batacchi One can argue about the methods - which led the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for war crimes against him - but… [leggi la notizia]

The point on the Russian air force in Syria 17/12/2024 | Andrea Mottola According to a video shot on 12 December by a local TV drone flying near the Hmeimim/Jableh base, Russia still has at least 15 combat… [leggi la notizia]

The geopolitical consequences of the end of the Assad regime 10/12/2024 | Pietro Batacchi Assad has fallen and the former Qaedist Al Jolani, redeemed as a bridge-builder-statist, has triumphantly entered Damascus (pictured inside the Great Umayyad Mosque). The regime… [leggi la notizia]

Kubilius appointed as first EU Defence commissioner ever 29/11/2024 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) The European Parliament (EP) has appointed Andrius Kubilius as the first ever EU Defence and Space Commissioner on 27 November in Strasbourg to implement long-needed… [leggi la notizia]

Ukraine: Russian strike on Dnipro as 'pre-nuclear' demonstration attack? 21/11/2024 | Pietro Batacchi The reported missile attack on Dnipro's industrial zone on the morning of November 21, 2024, raises significant concerns about potential escalation in the ongoing conflict.… [leggi la notizia]

While the National Armaments Director is established, 2 companies vanish 11/11/2024 | Gabriele Molinelli The Ministry of Defence is carrying on early major reforms as promised in the Labour (and, at least to a degree, also in the Tory)… [leggi la notizia]

European defence in difficult times: the king is naked 08/11/2024 | Marco Giulio Barone As European governments are worried about the posture Donald Trump will adopt in foreign and defence policies, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) has… [leggi la notizia]