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ANALYSIS: CARNEY PLEDGES 5% OF GDP FOR DEFENCE — WHAT IT REALLY COSTS CANADA
On June 25, 2025, at the NATO Summit in The Hague, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canada was committing to raising its defence…
BREAKDOWN: Trump Promises $1 Trillion in Defense in 2026 — Then $1.5 Trillion in 2027
On June 18, 2026, standing before the defense ministers of the Atlantic Alliance assembled in Brussels, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth delivered a sentence…
ANALYSIS: EUROPE AND CHINA — IS MILITARY DECOUPLING POSSIBLE?
Europe is rearming. It increased its defense spending by more than $90 billion in 2025, according to data presented by Mark Rutte at his…
ANALYSIS: 620 Chinese nuclear warheads — SIPRI sounds the alarm on an unchecked arms race
On June 8, 2026, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute — SIPRI — published its annual yearbook on armaments, disarmament, and international security. The…
DECODING: China's Lijian anti-drone lasers — the portable weapon rewriting the rules of combat
From June 16 to 18, 2026, the Chinese capital hosted the Defence Information Equipment and Technology Exhibition, a restricted-access military trade show presenting the…
ANALYSIS: PL-16 VS AIM-260 — THE AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE RACE REDRAWING THE PACIFIC SKY
In the air wars of the future, one truth imposes itself: combat will no longer be won at close range, in tight turns where…
DECODING: THE DF-17 HYPERSONIC FILMED IN FLIGHT — A MESSAGE FOR WASHINGTON AND TAIPEI
On June 20, 2026, in the vast arid expanse of the Gobi Desert, Chinese military vehicles executed a carefully filmed choreography. Mobile launchers of…
ANALYSIS: ALIBABA DRAGS THE PENTAGON TO COURT — THE SINO-AMERICAN LEGAL WAR BEGINS
That Tuesday, June 23, 2026, Alibaba Group Holding filed a complaint in the federal court for the Northern District of California, in San Jose.…
DECODING: THE PENTAGON CLASSIFIES 188 CHINESE FIRMS AS MILITARY — ALIBABA IN THE CROSSHAIRS
On June 8, 2026, the U.S. Department of Defense published the updated version of its so-called Section 1260H list — and the business world…