The Wiretap is your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images) Getty Images Over the last week, the Trump administration may have emboldened Russian aggression both on the ground in Ukraine and in cyberspace. Trump pausing aid to Ukraine in…
Europe’s defense industry is on course for an extended upswing, as investors rally to take positions ahead of share price and guidance increases, analysts said. European leaders have signaled more readiness on providing Ukraine with security guarantees should a ceasefire deal be reached, and expanding their defense capabilities amid fears the U.S. could decrease its…
Hegseth’s move raised eyebrows in Europe, where Russia is seen as a main threat in cyberspace together with China. Both French diplomatic officials and President Emmanuel Macron have repeatedly accused Russia of engaging in hybrid warfare against France through cyberattacks. “Russia is attacking us on information, cyber,” Macron said last month, claiming that Moscow was…
Under the plan outlined by Starmer, France and the U.K. would lead talks on building a “coalition of the willing” to offer security guarantees to Ukraine in case a cease-fire is reached. The two countries have for weeks been involved in building a proposal to deploy peacekeeping troops to Ukraine after a hoped-for truce has…
Storm ahead There is still time for Starmer to become either of them. He left the White House under dark clouds — literally — and unanswered questions. Aides later clarified that despite Trump speaking of a trade deal, they were not prioritizing a full-fat free-trade agreement, long coveted in London after Brexit. Starmer, on the…
But for Trump and his supporters, all this is overblown. It’s NATO’s eastward expansion that provoked Russian aggression, Trump said just days before his inauguration this year. And anyway, Russia doesn’t have the capacity to strike against a NATO country beyond Ukraine. “I don’t believe for a second Russia is going to advance a war…
The Pentagon is telling employees to “pause any response” to DOGE’s request for a work report. Federal employees were told this weekend to list five tasks they achieved last week by Monday night. But the Defense Department has instead said it would be the authority to review its employees. The Pentagon is the first major…
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…