My analysis of the beginnings of cracks in NATO had been published with a short delay, just enough to become obsolete. I pointed to the two referendum initiatives in Slovenia -one on military spending ...

Hungary will be the lead nation in NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission for the fourth time starting from 1 August.

On the world stage, Italy ranks as the 10th most powerful military, propped up by a fairly large $30.9 billion defense budget ...

Since the Napoleonic era, France has long prided itself on being a major European military power. Although France no longer ...

The State Department signed off on the sale of the Naval Strike Missile Coastal Defense System following a request from the ...

RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak is drilling down on two major issues: the chances of the EU suspending visa ...

And if NATO’s unity wavers, and deterrence fails, then they’re prepared to fight. Making the world a better place starts with ...

"Slovakia must, similar to Spain, reserve the sovereign right to decide at what pace and in what structure it is prepared to increase the Defence Ministry budget with the aim of achieving the NATO ...

Slovakia has to reserve the right to decide how fast to raise spending towards NATO's new targets for 2035 and any increase in outlays next year will go to dual-use projects like roads and ...

Slovakia has to reserve the right to decide how fast to raise spending towards NATO's new targets for 2035 and any increase in outlays next year will go to dual-use projects like roads and hospitals, ...

Late-night Facebook edition: “What’s so shocking about my reflection that, under the current circumstances, neutrality would suit Slovakia just as it suits Austria and Switzerland?” Fico asked on ...