European defense

2 briefs

conflict 2026-04-22

Dutch Intelligence Says Russia Could Attack NATO Within a Year of Ukraine Ending. The Timing Is Not a Coincidence.

The MIVD's annual report puts a specific clock on European rearmament: one year after hostilities in Ukraine stop, Russia may be ready for a regional NATO conflict. The EU just approved 90 billion euros for Ukraine the same day.

power 2026-04-21

Macron Is Offering Poland a Nuclear Umbrella. France Still Controls the Button.

The Franco-Polish summit in Gdansk produced the clearest articulation yet of a European nuclear deterrence framework that does not depend on Washington. The Kremlin immediately called it militarization.