The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania all have conscription, as do several of the Nordic countries, as well as Turkey and Greece.

THE US would likely press the Philippines to allot at least 5% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on military spending, defense analysts said at the weekend, after Washington called on its Asian ...

Defence equipment procurement In 2023, more than 80% of defence investments, some €61 billion, were allocated to the procurement of new defence products. The growing trend was confirmed in 2024, when ...

Just about everything about the onion-domed Russian Orthodox church near the otherwise unassuming Swedish city of Vasteras ...

Ignoring the threat posed by North Korea, as happened at this year’s summit, undermines Euro-Atlantic security.

The Baltic Sea is better known than the North Sea for highlighting the vulnerability of the alliance's critical undersea ...

Beneath the 5 percent defense spending pledge lies NATO’s most significant strategic pivot since the end of the Cold War: an ...

Trump posted the text in a post on Truth Social Tuesday, in which Rutte purportedly hailed him for his "truly extraordinary" ...

European officials tracking the ramp up of Vladimir Putin’s military are wrestling with a threat that would have been ...

The end came in July 2023 when he resigned over a migration fight. But even as his political career waned, the next February he secured a critical endorsement from the U.S. for the top NATO job.