Sten Rynning traces the political history of NATO from its inception in 1949, through to the ongoing Ukraine War and into ...

The Nordic nations are embracing the concept of total defense, mobilizing the whole of society to defend against military and non-military threats, including asking ordinary people to have enough food ...

This does not mean an end to transatlantic relations and pragmatic cooperation, as demonstrated by the meeting between the US ...

Trump also told reporters in the Oval Office that he was not yet prepared to impose new sanctions on Russia because he did not want the penalties to scuttle a potential peace deal ...

An integrated and layered missile defense is no longer optional if Europe wants to defend itself. Last week, President Trump ...

End your Wednesday with SOFREP’s evening brief, packed with essential defense and global affairs updates for May 28, 2025. Israel says it killed Hamas commander Mohammad Sinwar. Gaza civilians stormed ...

In the latest sign of a warming relationship, President Volodymyr Zelensky met in Berlin with Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who ...

NATO will ask Germany to provide seven more brigades, or some 40,000 troops, for the alliance's defence, three sources told ...

Germany will station 5,000 troops in Lithuania by 2027, marking its first permanent foreign deployment since WWII. The ...

Recent developments in Syria and the ongoing war in Gaza serve as regular reminders of the importance of the Middle East to Western policymakers. At a time when many in the West, particularly in the ...

Germany will be ready to defend every square inch of NATO territory,” added German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, a historic turn in the defense policy of Germany. Deploying a 5,000-strong armored ...

The Russian defence ministry earlier claimed to have intercepted 100 drones, before it dramatically updated the figure to 296 ...