North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Archives

Sweden Targets Increase in Defence Spending to 3.5% of its GDP

RA Editorial Desk - April 1, 2025

Stockholm: Sweden is planning a jump in defence spending to 3.5 percent of its GDP, in line with what the nation’s prime minister expects will be a new NATO-wide spending target. Ulf Kristersson said a...

What Does the Future Hold for Canadian Artillery?

Natalia Freyton - March 30, 2025

The Canadian Armed Forces face many challenges in equipment renewal. At the same time, the government and the Department of National Defence continue to push an ever-growing list of aspirational programmes in the hope...

A New World Order in the Making

Pranay K Shome - March 23, 2025

Change is the order of nature, the world around us is always in flux. In that context, world politics is all the more affected. Given the plethora of state and non-state actors playing a...

Rafael and Elbit Systems to Supply Integrated Maritime EW Self-Protection Solution for Frigate Installation to NATO European Countries

RA Editorial Desk - March 17, 2025

Haifa, Israel. Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. and Elbit Systems Ltd. have been awarded a contract to supply a cutting-edge Naval Decoy Control & Launching System (DCLS) to protect the new Frigates of NATO European...

Germany’s Military Build Up Continues Amidst Personnel Shortages

RA Editorial Desk - March 12, 2025

The Hague: The German military continued its rearmament but still suffered from serious personnel shortages last year, a report presented to the country’s parliament showed. The paper also detailed the European power’s more assertive...

“Europe at Crossroads: Strategic Autonomy, Defence Investments, and DEFEA’s Role”

RA Editorial Desk - March 8, 2025

The European Union stands at a pivotal moment as it confronts significant decisions regarding its strategic autonomy. The EU is preparing to allocate substantial funds to rearm its member states and bolster collective defence....

IAF’s Predicament, To Buy F-35 or Su-57 Fighter Jet

Asad Mirza - March 5, 2025

Last month, the US President Donald Trump offered Prime Minister Narendra Modi a proposal for India to purchase the advanced American F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jets. Meanwhile, the Russian defence exporter Rosoboronexport has...

European Commission Proposes ReArm Europe Plan to Mobilise Around €800 Billion for Defence Spending

RA Editorial Desk - March 5, 2025

Paris: The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, proposed a plan that could free up around €800 billion ($841 billion) in defence spending over the next four years, as the continent...

Two Meetings and Tectonic Shift in Balance of Power

Col Rajinder Singh - March 4, 2025

In 1945, the world’s four strongmen - Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union, Harry Truman of the USA, Winston Churchill (Prime Minister of the UK till July 26, 1945) and Clement Attlee (Prime Minister...

Quad and the India-China-US Equation

Lt Gen Prakash Katoch - March 4, 2025

The first ever Quad Leaders’ Summit was held virtually on March 12, 2021, among then US President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Australian Prime Minister Scott...

Oval Office Spat: Trump, Zelenskyy, and the Future Europe

Lt Gen Ashok Bhim Shivane - March 2, 2025

The long-awaited meeting between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the White House on February 28 escalated into a verbal spat, abruptly suspending negotiations and signing agreements on minerals. The...

Europe at the Crossroads

Dr Mathew Sinu Simon - February 26, 2025

US President Donald Trump’s transactional form of politics is waking up Europe from its slumber. At his address to the Conservative Political Action Conference (C-PAC) on February 22, he blamed the previous President Joe...

US-Europe Relationship: Realism Strikes Back

Pranay K Shome - February 22, 2025

Realism, one of the most popular theories of International Politics, posits that human nature is essentially narcissistic and egotistical, and emphasises the fulfillment of self-interest. Even when it contributes to the development of the...