Defense budgets

Opposition victory is unlikely to change the country’s pro-West and anti-Russia direction, however.

The aim is to start disbursing the funds by year end.

Julianne Smith suggests EU protectionism is not the way to get large quantities of good weapons to trouble spots quickly.

The U.S. and German leaders leave behind a frozen conflict in Ukraine as the prospect of a Trump victory weighs on Europe.

Defense Minister Pål Jonson told POLITICO that a Russian attack “cannot be excluded.”

The French government is under pressure to make cuts in spending to rein in deficits.

French president wants to showcase his support for Kyiv despite budgetary restraints.

Manufacturers argue that allowing foreign sales would boost production and make up for the Kyiv government’s financial shortfalls.

Current and former officials say the US has long struggled to collect intelligence on Hamas.

Failure to achieve a cease-fire is “a mistake, including for the security of Israel tomorrow,” French president tells France Inter.

The boss of Germany’s largest arms producer is a power player in Europe’s scramble to rearm.

The Republican says he knows Putin “very well” and claims he’ll make a peace deal “very quickly.”

Helping Ukraine has been a top priority of his administration, US president says, “But there is more work to do.”

Andrius Kubilius has the job of consolidating the EU’s defense industry while ramping up production.

Zelenskyy to discuss proposal with Biden, Harris and Trump during trip to U.S. next week.

Ukraine is bracing for the Republican candidate and NATO-skeptic’s potential return to the White House.

French former commissioner leaves Brussels with a record of big dreams, powerful enemies and mixed reviews.

Andrius Kubilius is the European Union’s first defense commissioner, and he’ll have to carve out a meaningful role for himself.

The planned visit comes on the back of intensifying military cooperation between Tehran and Moscow.

The EU should push countries to buy from the bloc’s military industrial complex, Draghi said in his new report.

“There’s no one capability that will, in and of itself, be decisive in this campaign,” US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says.