NATO Opens Ankara Summit With Arms Push
NATO opened its Ankara summit on July 7 with a defence-industry showcase meant to show European allies and Canada are ramping up production, as U.S. President Donald Trump arrived after renewed criticism of the alliance, Reuters reported. Secretary General Mark Rutte called for a defence-industry “revolution,” warning allies they “don’t have the luxury of time”: “The hum of machinery must…
From Kyiv to Damascus: Europe’s New Interconnected Security Agenda
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Israel Approves 13 New West Bank Settlements, Advancing Long-Delayed Binyamin Expansion
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German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said Berlin will supply the largest individual national contribution to a NATO military-support pledge for Ukraine set to be endorsed at the alliance’s Ankara summit on July 7–8. “Germany’s share will certainly be the largest individual amount,” Pistorius said, according to ZDFheute, which cited Reuters.…
Egypt Opens ‘Octagon’ Command Centre East of Cairo
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