Strategic ties between European countries and the Philippines are set to grow as leaders recognize the importance of countering China’s rising military activity near Taiwan and the South China Sea. Amid improving military ties with the United States and Japan...
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Commission unveiled its annual strategic foresight report, setting out its focus for the coming years. The EU is thinking bigger. The European Commission on Thursday unveiled its annual strategic foresight report, setting out its focus for the coming years. The 21-page document...
Ask for a lineup of the most popular European coastal destinations and you might expect the usual suspects: Venice, Lisbon and Nice. Travellers from the era of the Grand Tour might have added Biarritz and Naples – but a survey of 3,500 readers by consumer organisation Which? suggests that...
Western Europe Is Still Falling Short in NATO’s East More than a year into the largest land war since 1945, Europe has yet to get serious about defending its eastern frontier. Western European allies still aren’t doing enough to protect the eastern territories that came into NATO nearly...
Switzerland and Austria have signed a declaration of intent to join the European air defence system Sky Shield. The system was initiated by Germany following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and is designed to allow European countries to buy defence systems together, and train together...