Ukraine is seeking investment. The state and private, domestic companies lack the capital to keep their own economy and arms industry running – and, above all, to become less dependent on Western military supplies. “I appeal to companies not to wait until the end of the war to invest in Ukraine. Start now“, said Ukrainian […]
Europe is one step closer to its own access to space: On July 9, the European launcher Ariane 6 is scheduled to take off for the first time. This was announced by the European Space Agency ESA on Wednesday at the International Aerospace Exhibition (ILA). “Ariane 6 marks a new era in autonomous, versatile European […]
The upcoming European elections will likely strengthen far-right and far-left parties. A study by the Prague-based Association for International Affairs (AMO) has analyzed how the rise of these fringe parties could steer the EU in a pro-China direction. The study, which AMO published on Tuesday, was compiled in cooperation with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in […]
The fierce armed conflict in the Red Sea and participation in an air bridge to the Gaza Strip. These short-term deployments strain personnel and material resources. Nevertheless, the German Armed Forces are sticking to their plans for the largest deployment to date in the Indo-Pacific, which have been in the pipeline for a year: From […]
A ray of hope for Moldova: On Wednesday, the EU Commission gave the green light for the start of EU accession negotiations “as soon as the conditions are met”. The member states still have to give their approval in December, after which negotiations could begin next year, two years after the official application.Moldova’s President Maia […]
Markus Ritter, head of the civilian EU mission in Armenia (EUMA), was forced to watch helplessly last week as Azerbaijani soldiers fired rockets at the Nagorno-Karabakh region for around 24 hours. The hope that the EUMA would reduce tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan, or even create trust, died that day. Ritter, a lawyer who has […]
Azerbaijan launched a major attack on several towns in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday. According to the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry, it was a “counter-terrorist operation”. The aim was to “ensure the disarmament and withdrawal of formations of the Armenian armed forces from our territories and neutralize their military infrastructure”.The government in Baku sees […]
No medicine, no baby food, no flour, no fuel, and at times no electricity: Videos and eyewitness reports show how catastrophic the humanitarian situation is in the de facto independent region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Since December, Azerbaijan has blocked the Lachin corridor to the regular movement of people and goods.Since June 15, not even aid convoys […]
Hans Christoph Atzpodien knows how to maneuver in what is probably the most disagreeable of all industries – legally, strategically, but above all argumentatively. What he invests his energy in – in preventing an arms export control law, for example – or when he lets it go – vis-à-vis the media, for example.Atzpodien, who was […]
An “exciting and fulfilling” assignment almost lies behind him, says Colonel Wolfgang Schmidt. One that he would take on again at any time: Until the beginning of August, he still leads the German contingent of the enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) in Lithuania as commander. Since February 2023, Schmidt has been at the helm of NATO’s […]