About 45% of the show will be dedicated to defense and security, a “strong increase” from the previous event in 2023, the ...

Even if Russia were a direct threat to French national security, what good would an aircraft carrier do? F rench President ...

It is fair to say that the global tab for addressing the world’s acute humanitarian or ecological needs pales in comparison ...

France is trying to shut out British arms firms from the EU’s defence industrial programme despite the post-Brexit reset.

Two problems immediately arise ... True, France is too close to Communist China. True, France has skimped on defense spending for too long, preferring to lecture America with Gaullist arrogance.

The alliance's Capability Targets 2025, to be formally set at a summit in June, will significantly increase the requirements compared to previous goals.

While there is a growing consensus that new military spending ... than from Germany or France — duplicating efforts across the bloc. Europe already has some redundancy problems in defense.

Johansson told BI that Sweden's boost in defense spending to 3.5% of GDP would still take "a couple of years" before it ...