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REPORT: China's Coast Guard Opens a New Front East of Taiwan
China announced new coast guard patrols along Taiwan's east coast, according to the New York Times on July 5, 2026, a development that reshapes…
DECODING: Taiwan Strait Incursions Fall, But the Real Story Is Elsewhere
The average daily rate of Chinese air incursions into the Taiwan Strait fell by half compared with 2025, according to the Straits Times on…
ANALYSIS: China's Military Budget Growth Slows, Yet Crosses a New Threshold
China's 2026 defense budget has been set at roughly 282 billion dollars, according to Reuters on March 10, 2026, a rise of 6.9% that…
COLUMN: The 5% of GDP Goal, a Number That Says a Lot About Our Priorities
Nine years. That is the gap between the collective 5% of GDP defense spending goal confirmed at the Ankara summit for 2035, and the…
EDITORIAL: The Baltic Drone Wall, What the West Truly Must Take From It
Let us say it plainly: the Baltic drone wall is not a symbolic gesture. It is a one-billion-euro answer to a threat that has…
REPORT: Five NATO Members Already Above the 3.5% GDP Defense Target
A Reuters analysis published July 7, 2026 delivers a ranking that deserves more attention than it has received: five NATO members already spend more…
DECODING: The Netherlands and the PURL Gamble, One Year Later, in Cold Light
One year after its launch, the PURL mechanism, the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List, deserves a reading stripped of the emotion that surrounded its birth.
ANALYSIS: NATO's Eastern Flank Drone Test Matters More Than It Looks
On March 27, 2026, the defense ministers of the three Baltic states signed a joint declaration that, on paper, might read as just another…
INVESTIGATION: Lithuania and the Context We Often Forget
When Reuters' figures on NATO defense spending circulated on July 7, 2026, one name came up more often than any other in the analyses:…