Politics & Diplomacy
Hegseth says US forces in Europe will shift to America or the Western Hemisphere
Pete Hegseth linked a shift of US capabilities from Europe to greater allied burden sharing and an expanding American posture…
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NATO
Latest NATO news and analysis covering alliance policy, military deployments, exercises, deterrence and transatlantic security.
Drones
Vilnius airport briefly closed after suspected drone alert from Belarus
Vilnius airport closed for less than an hour on October 3 as NATO fighters investigated a possible drone approaching Lithuania…
Air Force
Finland presents first F-35As at Rovaniemi as Finnish pilot flies the jet at home
Finland presented its first two F-35As based at Rovaniemi on October 1, with a Finnish pilot flying the type in…
Politics & Diplomacy
Russia warns NATO over Kaliningrad with nuclear threat; Rutte responds
Russia warned NATO it could use nuclear weapons if allied states tried to isolate Kaliningrad. Mark Rutte rejected the rhetoric…
Analysis
Fidan invokes NATO Article 5 to defend Makkah pact, but the comparison misses its test
Hakan Fidan compared the Makkah defence pact with NATO’s rarely invoked Article 5 on September 21. The analogy overlooks NATO’s…
Military & Defense
EU maritime network MARSUR exchanges live data with NATO systems in Portugal trial
The European Defence Agency demonstrated live MARSUR data exchange with national and NATO systems at REPMUS 2026 off Portugal, while…
Politics & Diplomacy
Sweden faces uncertain government after razor-thin election
Preliminary results give Sweden’s opposition 176 seats against 173 for the outgoing governing bloc, leaving coalition talks uncertain.
Military & Defense
Finland joins France’s European nuclear deterrence initiative
Finland has become the tenth participant in France’s forward nuclear deterrence initiative, describing it as a complement to NATO’s existing…
Military & Defense
Sikorski says NATO could defeat a Russian attack quickly
Radosław Sikorski has argued that NATO’s collective air-power advantage would allow a rapid response to a Russian attack.
News
Poland finds suspected Russian military drone near Baltic coast
Polish authorities are examining a suspected Russian military drone discovered near the Baltic coast, with its origin and mission still…
Military & Defense
NATO allies say they disrupted Russian subsea cable operation
NATO allies say they intercepted Russian specialist vessels near strategically important fibre-optic cables off Svalbard before any damage occurred.
Military & Defense
NATO jets scrambled over Lithuania after birds mistaken for drone
Lithuania briefly closed Vilnius airport and NATO launched fighter aircraft before officials determined that a suspected drone was a flock…