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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.
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,…
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…
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…
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…
DECODING: Lithuania, the budget champion of an alliance under strain
With 5.33% of its GDP dedicated to pure defense in 2026, Lithuania holds, according to figures published by Reuters on July 7, the top…