Some information emerges about the future structure of the British Army 28/08/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The British Army, in its new main role of providing a Strategic Reserve Corps to SACEUR, will field two small Divisions each with two manoeuvre… [read more]

EU-US trade deal: when 'dishonour' is better than war 08/08/2025 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) When European leaders capitulated to Hitler's territorial demands in Munich in 1938, Winston Churchill warned: "You were given the choice between war and dishonour. You… [read more]

150 THAAD Interceptors Used by the U.S. in the 12-Day War: A Heavy Bill 29/07/2025 | Sally Passey According to CNN, citing sources familiar with the operation, the United States may have fired up to 150 THAAD interceptors during the 12-Day War with… [read more]

New PATRIOT systems for Ukraine—and possibly long-range missiles. A shift in Trump’s stance? 15/07/2025 | Pietro Batacchi After weeks of stalled negotiations, President Trump has taken a decisive step: he has approved new military support for Ukraine while issuing a 50-day ultimatum… [read more]

Reading between the lines of the Starmer-Macron summit 11/07/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone The recent UK-France summit represents an opportunity to confront a fundamental truth that European policymakers have long avoided: the continent's defence preparedness is not a… [read more]

US’ FY 2026 Budget Request: early observations and notable developments 02/07/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli We already knew the FY 2026 budget request would bring quite a few big developments, including dramatic program cancellations, particularly on the Army’s side. We… [read more]

NATO Summit: defence spending to reach 5%, but with gradual implementation and flexibility 25/06/2025 | Pietro Batacchi The historic NATO Summit currently taking place in The Hague will be remembered as the Summit of Wars and the 5% Summit—the event in which… [read more]

Tipping point: the change of paradigm is complete now 22/06/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone The world witnessed a profound transformation on the night of June 21, 2025, when American B-2 bombers struck three Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz,… [read more]

Dassault's UCAS at the Paris Air Show along the RAFALE F5 20/06/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone Two mock-ups of Dassault’s UCAS have been presented officially at the Paris Air Show, one at the Dassault’s booth and the other at the Armée… [read more]

Bourget 2025: drones in a World at War 17/06/2025 | Pietro Batacchi The 2025 edition of the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget opens in a moment of historic geopolitical tension, with two wars underway—one in Ukraine… [read more]

Moscow’s Bet on a Drone-Ready Generation 11/06/2025 | Massimo Annati As part of its ongoing efforts to support the so-called "Special Military Operation", Russia has launched a new initiative: drone piloting courses for 8th and… [read more]

UK: a chaotic release for a vague Review 03/06/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Before the Secretary of State for Defence finally stood up in the House of Commons, in the afternoon of Monday 2 June, to officially unveil… [read more]

UK PM announces agreement with Mauritius to cede the Chagos Islands and lease back Diego Garcia 27/05/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The Labour administration has forced through its deal with Mauritius to settle the controversy over the sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a group of 7… [read more]

Freedom is not for free - President Macron tries to explain foreign policy to the French 15/05/2025 | Giulia Tilenni In a wide-ranging interview with French broadcaster TF1 on Tuesday evening, French President Macron discussed several foreign and domestic policies, starting from the war in… [read more]

Trump in Saudi Arabia: $142 billion of US armaments for the Kingdom. Goodbye Eurofighter? 14/05/2025 | Giulia Tilenni President Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia, still ongoing as we write, is of enormous economic and political-strategic importance. According to a statement released by the… [read more]

The countdown to DEFEA–Defence Exhibition Athens 2025 has commenced 02/05/2025 | EDITORIAL TEAM DEFEA 2025 will host 436 exhibitors from 37 nations, 18 national pavilions, and 98 official delegations from 45 countries, reinforcing its role as a pivotal… [read more]

India and Pakistan on the brink of war 30/04/2025 | Pietro Batacchi After last week's attack that killed 26 civilians in Pahalgam, in the Indian-administered part of Kashmir, tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad are rising to… [read more]

Trump “orders” to revitalize American shipbuilding industry 29/04/2025 | Fabio Di Felice Listening to the US Navy concerns regarding stagnant shipbuilding and what that could mean for success in great power conflicts, President Donald Trump signed an… [read more]

Russia and Ukraine will fight to exhaustion 25/04/2025 | Pietro Batacchi The negotiations on Ukraine are struck. The room for manoeuvre is very limited – well, it has been since the beginning – and the positions… [read more]

China vs. the US: the (for now cold) war begins 16/04/2025 | Pietro Batacchi The systemic competition between China and the United States has entered a new phase, that of war not war, or cold war if you prefer.… [read more]