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DECODING: The 5% of GDP Target, Between Rhetoric and Reality
Five percent. That is the figure every NATO leader now has in mind, the one the Alliance is aiming for across all its members…
ANALYSIS: The Baltic Drone Wall, a Billion Euros Against Doubt
One billion euros. That is the approximate sum that three small Baltic countries, together, have decided to commit to building what official documents now…
COLUMN: why Ankara matters more than it seems
Ankara does not usually top the list of cities discussed when Western commentators talk about NATO's most consequential summits, yet the July 2026 gathering…
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…