Sri Lanka has taken part in high-level discussions on regional and international security at the 28th Annual Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defence (CHOD) Conference, held in Victoria, Canada, from 31 August to 2
Turkish authorities have intensified a crackdown on perceived critics ahead of this week’s NATO summit in Ankara, with the detention of journalists, academics and lawyers drawing renewed attention to concerns over press
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In the polished theatre of the Oval Office, where every gesture is magnified by television lights and political symbolism, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stands beside a set of easels displaying neatly
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These are difficult times for anyone who has consistently criticised NATO. From the era of ‘defending the Free World’ against communism, through the age of ‘humanitarian intervention’ and the ‘Global War on
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Europe is undertaking its most significant military rearmament since the end of the Cold War as governments across the continent reshape defense budgets, strengthen military capabilities and prepare for a future in
More A Turkish court has issued arrest warrants for more than 100 people in Ankara less than two weeks before the NATO summit is scheduled to take place in the capital. The individuals
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On the terrace of the German Chancellery, with the Reichstag visible in the background, five European leaders gathered for a meeting designed to project unity at a moment of growing uncertainty. But
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Europe’s NATO allies are moving to address a new challenge at the heart of the continent’s defence strategy: how to replace key military capabilities that the United States will no longer keep
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NATO secretary-general Mark Rutte is preparing to press Europe’s leading defence manufacturers to significantly increase investment and accelerate weapons production, according to a report by the Financial Times. The initiative comes as
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NATO faces “unacceptable” delays of up to seven years for key military equipment including tanks, fighter jets, and Patriot air defence systems, as decades of neglect in defence manufacturing leave member states
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Deep inside a fortified Norwegian mountain, hundreds of meters beneath rock and reinforced blast doors, military operators monitor a vast digital battlefield stretching across the Arctic and North Atlantic. From this concealed
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