EU on Greenland: economic giant and political-strategic actor? 27/01/2026 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) For decades, the European Union has carried the label coined by Belgian politician Mark Eyskens: a “giant economic power and a political dwarf”, sometimes mockingly… [read more]

The US reinforces its military posture in the Middle East 23/01/2026 | TOMMASO MASSA The reinforcement of the US aeronaval posture in the Middle East is continuing at a rapid pace, with a potential window for an American strike… [read more]

War at the margins, deals at the dockside: reading the Gulf through DIMDEX 19/01/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone War has returned to the Gulf as a lived experience. The Iranian ballistic missile strike on Al Udeid, the largest combat employment of PATRIOT in… [read more]

Macron's nuclear warning? France signals deterrence over Greenland crisis 15/01/2026 | Marco Giulio Barone An emergency defence council meeting has been held at the Élysée Palace this Thursday, 15 January 2026. Afterwards, Emmanuel Macron delivered his New Year's address… [read more]

Trump’s threats to Greenland: military intervention or strategic cooperation? 13/01/2026 | Francesca Genovese Following the US military operation that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Donald Trump has once again threatened Greenland. His statements fit… [read more]

Iran: What’s next? Options on the ground and the potential clash between the Pasdaran and the Artesh 12/01/2026 | Pietro Batacchi The Iranian regime is brutally suffocating the internal uprising. The internet blackout remains in place, and the Pasdaran are currently engaged in jamming Starlink in… [read more]

2026 Xi’s New Year (reunification) speech 12/01/2026 | Fabio Di Felice Following one of the biggest naval exercises around Taiwan at the end of December, China’s President, Xi Jinping, has vowed to reunify China and Taiwan… [read more]

Trump: USD 1.5 Trillion for Defence by 2027. A challenge to China 08/01/2026 | Pietro Batacchi A new, bombastic announcement from the irrepressible President Trump, who stated his intention to raise US defence spending to as much as USD 1.5 trillion… [read more]

Greenlights to the deployment of “Coalition of the Willing” troops on Ukrainian territory 07/01/2026 | Francesca Genovese On Tuesday, 6 January 2026, during a summit held in Paris, the 35 countries of the so-called Coalition of the Willing agreed on a set… [read more]

Venezuela, Greenland, Iran: Trump’s revisionist fury and a red-hot 2026 07/01/2026 | Pietro Batacchi In the hours following the operation that led to Maduro’s capture, President Trump stated that the United States would “run the transaction” in Venezuela, returned… [read more]

From the United States $11.1 billion in arms sales to Taiwan 19/12/2025 | Editorial Team The US Department of State has approved 8 potential Foreign Military Sales (FMS) cases, with a total value of approximately $11.1 billion, to the Taipei… [read more]

UK takes further programme steps on ‘Atlantic Bastion’ ASW concept 10/12/2025 | Dr Lee Willett, reporting from London During the Royal Navy’s International Sea Power Conference, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Royal Navy (RN), in partnership with the Council on Geostrategy,… [read more]

Trump's National Security Strategy 05/12/2025 | Pietro Batacchi The new US National Security Strategy, drafted by the second Trump Administration, has been released. The document reflects many of the elements outlined by the tycoon… [read more]

Jihadists in Mali and the fuel war 02/12/2025 | Francesca Genovese For the past two and a half months, a blockade on the “strategic” roads linking Mali to Senegal and Mauritania—imposed by al-Qaeda–affiliated jihadists (Jama’at Nusrat… [read more]

LoI between France and Ukraine for RAFALE and SAMP/T 17/11/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone Ukraine and France have just concluded a landmark 10-year defence agreement on Monday, 17 November 2025, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and French President Emmanuel… [read more]

Trump’s nuclear gambit 11/11/2025 | Francesca Genovese On October 30, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that, “due to the testing programs of other countries,” he had instructed the… [read more]

Winds of War over Venezuela 05/11/2025 | Francesca Genovese According to a Wall Street Journal report dated Thursday, October 30, the Trump Administration “has identified targets in Venezuela that include military facilities used for… [read more]

Rheinmetall pursues its industrial expansion in Europe (Germany, Romania, Lithuania) 04/11/2025 | Braid Archer These days, Rheinmetall has unveiled an ambitious wave of industrial investments across Europe, spanning from synthetic fuel production in Germany to propellant powder manufacturing in… [read more]

What we know about Russia’s first long-range test of the nuclear-powered BUREVESTNIK cruise missile 04/11/2025 | Francesca Genovese On 26 October, President Vladimir Putin visited a joint command post, where he attended a meeting with Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov.… [read more]

Russia conducts major strategic nuclear exercise amid rising tensions 22/10/2025 | Pietro Batacchi A major strategic nuclear exercise was held today in Russia, attended remotely by President Vladimir Putin. Although officially described by Moscow as a scheduled event, the exercise comes at… [read more]