Month: September 2022

[In short] Ukraine is asking for accelerated NATO membership. The Alliance responds: thank you, we'll see

(B2) Faced with Moscow's proclaimed annexation of four Ukrainian oblasts, kyiv had to react. By submitting an application for NATO membership. A procedure that did not arouse widespread enthusiasm...

[Notebook 29.09.2022] Defense. NATO. Diplomacy. Crises. Security. Powers

(B2) The coincidence of times is only a matter of chance. Between the confirmation of a new package of sanctions against Russia... and the presumptions of sabotage on the gas pipelines...

[Interview] Georgia can contribute to European security. We are ready for it (Vakhtang Makharoblishvili)

(B2 – exclusive) Nestled on the edge of the Caucasus, Georgia wants to be part of the European Union and contribute to the continent's security. It's ready for (almost) anything. Interview…

[Notebook 27.09.2022] Geopolitics – Defence. NATO. Diplomacy. Crises. Security. Powers

(B2) In response to the wave of peaceful protest, the violence of the Iranian repression could lead to new European sanctions IN THE NEWS: sanctions against Russia ©…

Defense Industry Notebook (24.09.2022). Doctrine, budgets, equipment, abilities, companies

(B2) Slovakia, Romania, Lithuania. Eastern Europe is definitely popular in the East. This was evident at the DX Korea 2022 land-based weapons exhibition, where Seoul signed a partnership agreement…

[News] France and Germany give themselves one month to succeed in their defense projects (v2)

(B2) Meeting in Berlin on Thursday (September 22), the French and German defense ministers agreed to relaunch their industrial cooperation. Somewhat hampered by successive elections in…