Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of a Kurdish militant group that has fought a four-decade long insurgency against Turkey, has issued a call for the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) he founded… Continue reading "Jailed Leader Of Kurdish Militant Group Calls For Peace – UPDATE: PKK Declares Ceasefire"
United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Sunday that the dismissals of the top lawyers of the Army, Air Force and the Navy were intended to remove “roadblocks” at… Continue reading "Hegseth: Judge Advocate General Firings To Remove “Roadblocks” At The Pentagon"
The Department of Defense says that the $50 billion in spending cuts it wants to make to the draft fiscal 2026 defense budget will be spent on programs aligned with… Continue reading "$50 Billion In Pentagon Cuts To Be “Redirected” To Trump Priorities"
The Lithuanian Ministry of Defense announced through social media accounts that it plans to raise defense spending to 5-6% of annual domestic GDP starting from 2026. The decision comes after… Continue reading "Lithuania Claims 6% GDP Spending On Military By 2026"
On the night of 15-16 January, a French Atlantique 2 maritime patrol aircraft was illuminated and locked on by a S-400 anti-air system aiming radar over the Baltic Sea. The… Continue reading "Atlantique 2 Targeted By S-400 Aiming Radar Over Baltic"
On January 17, 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a 20-year “comprehensive strategic partnership treaty” in Moscow. The agreement aims to strengthen cooperation in various… Continue reading "Russia and Iran Sign Strategic Partnership Agreement"
On January 16, the UK announced a new £4.5 billion ($5.5 billion USD) aid package for Ukraine. The star of this package is the brand new Gravehawk air defense system… Continue reading "New Gravehawk Air Defense System Headed to Ukraine as part of British £4.5 Billion Aid Package"
Germany is nearing its next parliamentary elections in March 2025. Despite many problems present within the country, ranging from the migration crisis, rising energy prices, to domestic terrorism and political… Continue reading "No Political Consent Over Increasing Germany’s Military Spending"
In a recent analysis a trio of authors, Elain McCusker, Frederick W. Kagan, and Richard Sims, of the American Enterprise Institute state that if the US had not supported Ukraine,… Continue reading "AEI: Not Supporting Ukraine Would Cost US Over $800 Billion"
Last week US President Joe Biden announced a new wave of sanctions targeting Russia’s oil sector, a strategic move designed to curtail the Russia’s primary revenue stream and intensify economic… Continue reading "US Sanctions on Russian Oil Sector as Ukraine Continues Drone Strikes"