Europe
British Military Trials Next-Generation Body-Worn Technology to Enhance Soldier Survivability
Summary and Key Points: The British military has completed trials for a next-generation body-worn technology aimed at enhancing frontline troops’ survivability and situational awareness. The new gear includes a laser...
Turkey Says TAI TF-X Stealth Fighter Is Better Than F-35
Summary: Turkey’s TAI TF-X, a homegrown stealth fighter, recently completed its maiden flight. Initiated in 2010 to replace Turkey’s aging F-16 fleet, the TF-X aims to rival the capabilities of...
IMEC’s Road Ahead
As the global economic and geopolitical landscape undergoes a significant transformation in the 2020s, the intricate interplay of commerce, politics, and strategic ambitions across India, the Middle East, and European...
The U.S. Military Budget Is Getting Close to $1 Trillion. Is That Too Much?
Is the U.S. defense budget, by far the world’s largest and approaching nearly $1 Trillion, appropriate? An argument persists, with opposing viewpoints claiming the defense budget is too high, or...
Amid High Fives for Sweden’s Entry into NATO, Scary Talk Is Afoot
Hungary’s dilatory approval of Sweden’s bid to join NATO brought much relief and high-fiving at alliance headquarters in Brussels. It took much diplomatic bribing of the pro-Russian Viktor Orban government...
A U.S.-Europe-Israel Triad?
Russia’s war in Ukraine, China’s malign intentions for Taiwan, and Iran’s hegemonic ambitions for the Middle East are not independent regional events. They are the progeny of the West’s decades-long...
What Finland Can Teach the Indo-Pacific About Living with China
I recently visited Finland, for the first time, to attend the Helsinki Security Forum, organised by the Finnish Institute for International Affairs, on the theme ‘Deter, defend and secure—Europe in the era...
Food Trade with Europe Should Be a Bipartisan Priority
The United States has the opportunity to upgrade its food exports to increase revenues for farmers, but for that to happen it needs to negotiate a comprehensive trade deal with...
Europe Must Act to Solve Its Migration Problem
Migration, especially from Africa, has been rising over the past decade. But Europe’s leadership does not seem particularly focused on it. At the forefront is Italy, which for years has...
Germany’s Bet on China Is a Crisis in the Making
BASF, the German chemical products behemoth, made a bet on Russia in recent decades. After Russia invaded Ukraine, that bet failed to pay off. Now it’s making another risky bet...
Tweaking the Inflation Reduction Act Can Strengthen Democracies’ Hand
By all appearances, French president Emmanuel Macron’s recent visit to Washington has reknit the relationship between the United States and its oldest ally—strained when the United States and other allies...
The Lessons of 1914 Matter Today More than Ever
This past month, Professor John Mearsheimer visited Budapest for the first time to launch the Hungarian translation of his highly-acclaimed book, The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities. The...