The EU needs to become as strong in military production as the US – before Russia expands its invasion to other European countries, EU Commissioner for Defense Andrius Kubilius said.

MBDA is the only Western company besides American firms capable of producing “the full range of complex weapons,” the CEO said.

PAUL B. STARES is General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he also directs the Center for Preventive Action.

The German chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, has won a vote in parliament to allow a huge increase in state borrowing that is set to super-charge the country’s military spending.

Europe’s independent security strategy has passed the point of no return. Nearly doubling defense spending is inevitable, but ensuring that these funds are allocated efficiently and proportionately ...

The European Commission is seeking to set up collective arms purchasing for the entire bloc, in what would represent a significant transfer of power to Brussels.

The hardest lesson to learn from the war in Ukraine is that there is still no substitute for allies who show up when the fighting begins.

German lawmakers have voted to allow a huge increase in defence and infrastructure spending - a seismic shift for the country that could reshape European defence. A two-thirds majority of Bundestag ...

Germany's parliament on Tuesday passed a historic bill unlocking a record level of state borrowing for defence and infrastructure through amending the country's constitutionally enshrined fiscal rules ...

Israeli airstrikes kill more than 400 Palestinians across Gaza, “ending weeks of relative calm after talks to secure a permanent ceasefire stalled. Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas each ...

The Bundestag has voted to change the German constitution clearing the way for the new conservative-led government to spend up to €1 trillion through national debt. The move has been doubly ...

Chancellor-in-waiting uses outgoing Bundestag to loosen debt brake and unleash investments in defence and infrastructure ...