This level of open disagreement inside a governing coalition is extremely unusual for German politics. The coalition is in disunity because of Scholz’ refusal to deliver Taurus
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Niger’s announcement leaves a gaping hole in U.S. operational capacity in Africa
It looks like parties are starting to campaign towards the European parliament elections, including on the Taurus question
Neutrality and military non-alignment, it turns out, do not bring security when Russia is your neighbour
Any conflict can be described as a slippery slope towards escalation, but over the past two years we’ve seen that Russia is deliberately greasing that slope
We have to change our mindset and also start producing tanks, planes, infantry vehicles, and missiles en masse
Germany, France and Poland have had very different approaches to Ukraine since the beginning of the war
It was clear that they didn’t understand what Macron was asking for. It is more of a signal to Moscow and not a proposal
We have seen gradual NATO expansions, but geostrategically turning the Baltic Sea into an almost complete NATO inland sea is still a very major change
Toomas Hendrik Ilves on why Sweden’s entry into NATO is the most significant geopolitical change since the Cold War
And then you really have to wonder what the US nuclear guarantee is worth