Our Non-Resident Fellow Federico Donelli commented on NZZ, on Turkish defense giant Baykar Technologies acquiring Italy’s Piaggio Aerospace and what this could mean for the
In February 2024, Turkey and Somalia signed a defense and economic cooperation agreement that allegedly enables Ankara to protect Somalia’s territorial waters and to construct,
Our Non-resident Fellow, Selcan Karabektas’s article “Russia’s Growing Military Footprint in Africa: Arms Deals and Defense Cooperation” has been listed in RAND Corporation’s Monthly Snapshot Selection!
In February of 2022, Russian forces invaded Eastern Ukraine, sparking the most intense conventional conflict in Europe since the Second World War. Three months later, historically neutral Finland and Sweden submitted letters of application to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Two years into the conflict, it’s time to take stock: NATO has expanded, alliance members have raised their defense spending, and Russia’s credibility has degraded. Russia has responded, ramping up cyber threats and disinformation operations in the “near abroad” and strengthening its partnerships with revisionist actors like China.
(Photo Source: NATO) The ongoing war in Ukraine has not only shattered decades of peace in Europe but has also challenged the assumption that defense
Even though political and economic sanctions following Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine have led to a recent decline in the Russian arms trade, in recent
The advent of hypersonic technology may well redefine the limits of military power, and Russia’s recent deployment of a Zircon hypersonic cruise missile (HCM; a
The NATO 2022 Strategic Concept, which was adopted at the NATO summit held in Madrid on June 29-30, 2022, is intended to guide NATO’s activities
