The termination of the international investigation into the causes of the Nord Stream explosions raises many questions about who was responsible for the terror attack and for what purpose. There is no denying the fact that sabotage of such a large transnational project is not like putting a firecracker inContinue Reading
The global volume of international arms transfers fell slightly by 3.3 per cent between 2014–18 and 2019–23, according to new data on international arms transfers published recently. States in Europe almost doubled their imports of major arms (+94 per cent) between 2014–18 and 2019–23. Far larger volumes of arms flowedContinue Reading
Sikkerhedsgaranti eller besættelsemed Claus Spenster Den 19. december 2023 præsenterede statsminister Mette Frederiksen en ny forsvarsaftale mellem USA og Danmark. Den betyder permanent placering af amerikanske soldater og amerikansk materiel på dansk jord. Vi var med, da TID TIL FRED – aktiv mod krig den 26. februar afholdte oplægs- ogContinue Reading
Europe is not ready to defend itself without the help of the United States, but European countries are making great efforts to strengthen their capabilities, Lithuania’s Ambassador to the European Union (EU) Arnoldas Pranckevičius says. “Could the EU today defend itself on its own if the EU-US partnership ends? MyContinue Reading
More than 100 U.S. sailors and Marines are in the high north of Norway to establish a maritime command as part of NATO’s largest military exercise in Europe since the Cold War, according to the Navy. U.S. 2nd Fleet and Expeditionary Strike Group 2 personnel left Naval Air Station Oceana,Continue Reading
The federal government is pledging to work with its American counterparts after the U.S. claimed parts of the Arctic sea floor that Canada also wants. Grantly Franklin, spokesman for Global Affairs Canada, said in an email that Canada expects to follow the process set out in a United Nations treatyContinue Reading
NATO’s present defense plans in relation to Estonia and the wider region are perfectly adequate and satisfactory, MP and defense expert Kalev Stoicescu (Eesti 200) says. Stoicescu, who chairs the Riigikogu’s national defense committee, told ERR Thursday that: “NATO’s defense plans for the Baltic States, and the entire region inContinue Reading
By Max Hastings A military friend of mine recently visited a relatively honestly governed African state. He asked its president why he does not support the West on Ukraine. His host answered: “I can’t see what’s different between what Russia is doing there and what the West did in Iraq.” We couldContinue Reading
The bombing of the Nord Stream underwater gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea was a covert operation ordered by the White House and carried out by the CIA, a report by a veteran investigative journalist claims. Seymour Hersh, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, has claimed that US deep-sea divers, using aContinue Reading
Presidentti Sauli Niinistö kertoi amerikkalaiselle CNN-yhtiölle, että Putinin mukaan Venäjä ei missään vaiheessa ole tavoitellut presidentti Zelenskyin hallituksen kaatamista. Presidentti Sauli Niinistö kertoi CNN-televisioyhtiön haastattelussa viime perjantain keskusteluistaan Venäjän presidentti Vladimir Putinin kanssa. CNN:n haastattelijana oli toimittaja Christiane Amanpour, joka on maailmanlaajuisesti tunnettu sotakirjeenvaihtaja. Niinistö kertoi, että Putinin mukaan VenäjälläContinue Reading