There are key capability gaps, yes, and also a general lack of mass. (View Post)

NATO without America is still the collective self-defence of dozens of democracies that would mostly struggle to defend themselves individually. In some ways NATO is even more important without Ameri… (View Post)

I think Ukraine is now more important for Europe's defence than the US, and that Europe better work out how to defend itself without the US. Essentially the US has chosen to make itself irreleva… (View Post)

I would struggle to think of a nation that does not have this as a major component of its identity. It's one of the things that makes the EU so fractious of course. All those nations whose ident… (View Post)

One of the Russian drones was nearly 300km into Poland. This is a change in behaviour by Russia. It's not the previous thing where drones would dip into NATO airspace to bypass Ukrainian air def… (View Post)