Given planned budget cuts, SPD foreign policy expert Derya Türk-Nachbaur is calling for the current level of humanitarian aid for Sudan to be maintained. “Our fight as social democrats will be to at least maintain this amount,” she said on Wednesday evening at an event organized by several aid organizations and political foundations in Berlin. […]
The Russian and Chinese embassies in London have criticized the Strategic Defense Review presented on Monday. The paper deliberately misinterprets Chinese defense policy in order to justify the expansion of the British military, the Chinese embassy said. It is “a new volley of anti-Russian rhetoric” and the accusations against Russia about daily hybrid attacks are […]
The Düsseldorf-based defense contractor Rheinmetall has received approval from the South African authorities to establish a subsidiary in South Africa. Rheinmetall will acquire 51 percent of the shares in the joint venture Rheinmetall Resonant South Africa (Pty) Ltd., with the remaining 49 percent being held by the existing shareholders of Resonant Holding. Rheinmetall expects sales […]
The UK plans to invest GBP 1.5 billion (around EUR 1.8 billion) in the construction of at least six new munitions factories. This was announced by the Ministry of Defense in London on Sunday. The armed forces are also to receive up to 7,000 long-range weapons, which are to be manufactured in the UK. However, […]
Carnegie: Russia’s role in Iran nuclear deal. Moscow benefits from Iran’s isolation through Western sanctions, as this strengthens bilateral relations. However, an end to the sanctions would strengthen Iran’s position and weaken Russia as a partner. Moscow fears competition from Iranian oil on the world market. However, a failure of the talks also brings with […]
The EU member states approved the establishment of an armaments fund worth EUR 150 billion on Tuesday. Through the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) program, Brussels intends to grant loans to European countries for joint armaments projects over the next five years. The Commission announced on Tuesday that the instrument would be used to ramp […]
French President Emmanuel Macron’s letter to Morocco’s King Mohammed VI, in which he recognized Western Sahara as part of Morocco in July 2024, was a strong signal to Rabat. And to Algeria, which supports the independence of the resource-rich Western Sahara. While Russia continues to expand in West Africa, France is trying to maintain its […]
The CDU/CSU parliamentary group has named its foreign and security policy team for the Bundestag, nominating Thomas Röwekamp as Chairman of the Defense Committee. Röwekamp, an MP from Bremen, emphasized his goal of reconnecting the Bundeswehr more closely with German society. A Bundestag member since 2021, Röwekamp previously chaired the Afghanistan Investigation Committee and was […]
Because of China’s aggressive conduct at sea and Donald Trump’s re-election as US President, the center-left Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his conservative challenger Peter Dutton will have to address more security policy issues in the Australian elections on May 3. Shortly before the election, Labor is leading in the polls.On defense issues, Labor and […]
After Green MEP Hannah Neumann made Iranian hacking attempts public, the security politician warns that hybrid attacks are not being taken seriously enough and are not being addressed.She is the first politician in her circle to make an attack from Tehran public, she says. She does not know whether there are others affected. “Not everyone […]