Maxime Marquette
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REPORT: Germany withdraws its Eurofighters from Poland, the questions few are asking
Germany's withdrawal of its Eurofighter jets from Poland, reported by Euronews on March 24, 2026, passed through much of Western coverage as a routine…
DECODING: the Baltic drone wall and the balance of power underway
A joint statement from the Baltic states' defense ministries, issued March 27, 2026, called explicitly for exceeding the 5% GDP defense spending threshold, a…
ANALYSIS: PURL, one week later, the mechanism's numbers so far
One week after NATO published its updated figures on the PURL mechanism, the numbers are worth reading slowly rather than skimming as a headline.
OP-ED/NOTE: Revisiting Lithuania, what the figures confirm
Five point thirty-three percent of GDP: that is the figure Lithuania posts for its defense spending in 2026, according to Reuters, the highest of…
FACT CHECK: The Ankara summit and the 5%-of-GDP target, the forgotten context
The NATO summit held in Ankara on July 7 and 8, 2026 confirmed the target of 5% of GDP in defense spending by 2035,…
PORTRAIT: Decoding the 5%-of-GDP target in three acts
Five percent of GDP devoted to defense by 2035: that is the target NATO has set for itself, according to Forbes, and one the…
EDITORIAL: Five countries, what Western observers take from it
Five NATO countries now exceed 3.5% of their GDP in pure defense spending, according to a Reuters tally dated July 7, 2026.
DECODING: Ankara, a cold read one month later
One month after the close of the NATO summit in Ankara, it is time to revisit that diplomatic moment with the distance that the…
ANALYSIS: Why PURL and the Patriots matter more than they seem
Sometimes a single number is enough to reframe an entire debate: 75%. That is the share of Patriot interceptors delivered to Ukraine now financed…