March 16, 2021 – B2 Pro The daily life of geopolitical Europe

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United Kingdom. Boris Johnson's 2021 strategy review. Challenge: rearming, fortifying, defending an 'open' world

March 16, 2021 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Boris Johnson, defense budget, Cybersecurity, Nuclear deterrence, F-35, strategic review, United Kingdom, submarines 9 min read

(B2) The result of more than a year of reflection, the United Kingdom is publishing its strategic review 'Global Britain in a Competitive Age' this Tuesday (16.03). Nuclear deterrence is regaining its…

Jens Stoltenberg during a video conference with members of the European Parliament's Security and Defence Subcommittee. (Credit: NATO)

[Verbatim] Turkey and China, NATO's two new itchy hairs

March 16, 2021 B2 Writing China, Jens Stoltenberg, threat, European Parliament, Turkey 4 min read

(B2) Jens Stoltenberg was in front of the European Parliament on Monday (15.03). And unusually, it was not Russia that was the center of attention, but China...

[In brief] Two full-scale NATO exercises in the south-east and east of Europe

March 16, 2021 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Balkans, Brief, defend Europe, Steadfast Defender 1 min read

(B2) Two military exercises will take place. The aim is to improve the operational capabilities of armed forces at national and allied levels (credit: MOD Bulgaria). The first, called 'Defender Europe…

State Secretary Thomas Silberhorn visits the F124-class frigate Sachsen (credit: German Navy - B2 Archives - July 2020)

[Decryption] The German navy is staying afloat… despite everything. Faced with the misfortune of capacity gaps

March 16, 2021 B2 Writing Germany, armed, Bundeswehr, K130, Marine, FMD 180, NH90 Sea Lion, Nordrhein-Westfalen, P-3C Orion 4 min read

(B2) The German Navy is doing a little better than its air and land colleagues, if we read the report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces carefully...

[Notebook 16.03.2021]. Confidential. Defense. Operations. Equipment. Diplomacy. Penalties. Crisis areas. Human rights. Security. Powers. People

March 16, 2021 Emmanuelle Stroesser ACP, Afghanistan, Africa, Antony blinken, Austria, Belarus, Black Hawk, Bolivia, Bulgaria, ICRC, COPS, COVID-19, Defend Europe 21, Belgrade Pristina Dialogue, FAC, European Peace Facility, G7, Greece, Helicopter, Hong Kong, Ireland, Jeanine Ã Ã ± ez, Michelle Bachelet, Minusma, NDICI, Nexter, Nicolas Chamussy, NATO, Political process, Electoral reform, Repression, United Kingdom, Sahel, Sanctions, SatCen, 21 Steadfast Defender, schengen information system, Turkey, vaccines, Yemen 12 min read

(B2) The 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade will soon join the Barkhane force in Mali. The Swedes will too. For different reasons. From the Alps to Stockholm, the two exclusive interviews, in…

[Interview] Russia is not a threat, it is a reality! But Sweden does not intend to change its doctrine and join NATO (Peter Hultqvist, Sweden)

March 16, 2021 Aurelie Pugnet Africa, Arctic, North Atlantic, Interview, Mali, Baltic sea, NATO, Russia, Sahel, Sweden, Takuba 7 min read

(B2 – Exclusive) The situation in the Sahel and the commitment to Takuba. The deterioration of security and the positioning of Swedish defense. The Russian threat and NATO membership, without…

Destabilization in Eastern Ukraine. Extended sanctions against Russians and Ukrainian separatists

March 16, 2021 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Russia, Ukraine 0 min read

(B2) The sanctions regime against Russians and Ukrainians who threaten the integrity of Ukraine, in the East (Donbass), has been renewed. For an additional six months (until September 15, 2021). The…