Maxime Marquette
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INVESTIGATION: NATO's 5% of GDP target, a political bet through 2035
NATO has set an ambitious course: raising defense spending to 5% of GDP for all its members by 2035, according to Forbes on July…
REPORT: Baltic air defense, a priority project for 2027
On the map of NATO's eastern flank, an invisible line is now taking shape over the three Baltic states: that of a drone wall…
DECODING: 70 billion euros for Kyiv, the Ankara package explained
Seventy billion euros. That is the number NATO allies put on the table for Ukraine at the Ankara summit, according to Alliance data updated…
ANALYSIS: Five countries, one threshold: who clears 3.5% of GDP on NATO defense
There is a number that NATO does not exactly advertise to please its most powerful members. According to the Alliance's own data relayed by…
OP-ED: the Netherlands, first country to activate PURL for Ukraine
The Netherlands was, according to available data on the PURL mechanism, one of the very first countries to activate this financing arrangement for Ukraine,…
FACT CHECK: NATO's eastern flank facing drones, what the facts confirm
Since March 27, 2026, a series of documented drone incidents on NATO's eastern flank has revived the debate over defense spending, all the way…
PORTRAIT: Ankara, the geopolitical choice weighing on NATO
On July 7 and 8, 2026, NATO chose Ankara to hold its annual summit, a choice that was anything but incidental according to Forbes,…
COMMENTARY: PURL and Patriot, the alliance protecting Kyiv
According to European Pravda, on June 30, 2026, the PURL mechanism now finances 75% of the Patriot interceptors delivered to Ukraine and 90% of…
COLUMN: $90 billion more, the real price of fear
Since 2024, NATO's European allies have raised their defense spending by roughly $90 billion in constant 2021 prices, an increase that reaches $139 billion…