Where does Iran stand in the military race? Top 7 Middle East armed forces
Turkey ranks as the strongest military power in the Middle East for 2025, holding the region’s lowest PowerIndex…
Britain’s pledged troops for Ukraine. Just don’t ask for the details. – POLITICO
Figures including former head of the army Richard Dannatt and Matthew Savill, director of military sciences at RUSI,…
Inside the classified mission to deliver Australian tanks to Ukraine
On a bleak winter’s day in Poland we arrive at a location covered in fog and shrouded in…
Ireland unveils €1.7 billion plan to beef up its weak defenses – POLITICO
Ireland’s higher military spending — representing a 55 percent increase from previous commitments — comes barely a week…
Badenoch pokes fun at Starmer’s leadership rivals – POLITICO
State of secretaries: The Tory leader said Starmer “has lost control of his party” and Cabinet ministers were…
Brexit Britain is flirting with the EU again — but Brussels is pretty busy – POLITICO
It emboldened Starmer and his lieutenants. Rachel Reeves, the U.K.’s chief finance minister, used her speech at the Labour Party conference…
Retaliating against Russia – POLITICO
Still, any new measures “need to have plausible deniability,” said one EU diplomat. Show of force NATO, for…
Germany lifts restrictions on arms exports to Israel – POLITICO
The decision ends a period in which Germany, despite presenting the measure as a targeted halt on equipment…
The BBC’s fight with Trump couldn’t have come at a worse time – POLITICO
Both the right-wing Conservatives and Reform insist they have no desire to destroy the BBC. “There is a…
Macron wants a big diplomatic win on Palestinian statehood. But Europe is split. – POLITICO
Macron’s ultimate goal is to show there is a global counterweight to Trump’s support for Israel’s war in…
Trump lands in Britain’s ‘autumn of discontent’ – POLITICO
“They’ve made some terrible mistakes in the first year,” said the leader of an outwardly Starmer-friendly trade union.…
Nigel Farage’s party is trying to step out of his shadow. Can it? – POLITICO
Neil Hall/EPA Broadly speaking, though, the circle of people in the room for key decisions is small. As…