Overview: The Space Force, still in its infancy at five years old, must overcome systemic issues, including inadequate resources, unclear roles, and a lack of warfighting ethos, says a new report by the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force lacks the resources and warrior mentality needed to compete with China…
But they said the administration said they won’t “get ahead” of itself. POLITICO asked Starmer on a trip to Kyiv last month if he’d commit to a vote on any British peacekeepers. He declined to give such a commitment. ‘United front’ MPs from Westminster’s opposition parties are demanding parliament’s involvement, too. “We support the prime…
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s president, during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for the creation of a European army to boost the continent’s defenses as he warned that Russia was “not preparing for dialogue” to advance possible credible peace…
In late December, Finland seized a Russian-linked vessel on suspicion of cutting undersea cables in the Baltic Sea. While this may represent a novel tactic by Russia in its ongoing war with Ukraine, it is one with which Moscow’s “no-limits” partner, China, is intimately familiar. In fact, the incident underscores a noteworthy trend of heightened technological cooperation…
The USNS Bowditch appears in an undated photo and on Wednesday completed a three-day voyage through the Taiwan Strait with the guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson. Photo by the U.S. Navy Feb. 12 (UPI) — The U.S. Navy sent two vessels to transit the Taiwan Strait for the first time since President Donald Trump took…
Father Andrii Gavalin, presides over the funeral of Eugene Bogdanov, 35, as he is being laid into the ground in Bucha, Ukraine, on May 10, 2022. Bogdanov went missing two months ago and his wife Natalia Bogdanova search for him in morgues throughout the Kyiv and Bucha region when his body finally showed up at…
“Today we talked about defense and security, but the United Kingdom and the European Union want to do more together,” Costa told reporters. “We are looking forward to having our institutional summit in the U.K. on 19 of May, and to engage with the United Kingdom, not only on a reset, but effectively in the…
“The main reason for the decision is that, according to the defense ministry’s assessment, the objective exchange of arguments is becoming increasingly difficult,” the ministry said in a statement announcing its exit from X. A number of other celebrities and institutions have already ditched X, but Scholz posted on the site on Tuesday and the…
China recently banned the export of the minerals gallium and germanium to the United States amid growing tensions between the two countries on trade. The minerals are of critical economic value because they are used in computer chips, in military technology such as night vision goggles, and in the renewable energy industry, where they are…
What’s New Beijing has issued a sharp rebuke after U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025, citing its “negative content on China.” Newsweek reached out to the U.S. Defense Ministry with a request for comment by email. Why It Matters Of the record $895 billion…