Business
UK to Decide Whether To Allow Women in Combat Jobs Next Year
As the U.S. nears its own decisions, the British Army is considering allowing women into infantry and armor positions.
Business
Now NATO’s Prepping for Hybrid War
Like the US, the alliance as a whole is readying forces for a full range of combat scenarios — and planning a historically complex exercise.
Threats
Report: NSA Gave Germany Access to Powerful Internet Surveillance Tool
Germany's internal spy agency traded surveillance data on its citizens for access to XKeyscore, Die Zeit newspaper says.
Threats
Germany Charges Own Spy With Spilling Secrets To US, Russia
The spy, arrested last summer, is accused of accepting more than $100,000 from the CIA to snoop on Germany.
Ideas
Why Germany’s Cybersecurity Law Isn’t Working
Among other things, it’s hard to improve private-sector network defenses one country at a time.
Threats
Britain Digs In Against ISIS, Russia
Sensing a “darker threat environment,” America’s ally launches its first strategic review in half a decade.
Ideas
UK Steps Up Defense Posture, Spending Ahead of Review
British armed forces are stepping up their response, and future presence, against threats from Russia to terrorism.
Policy
On National Security Cred Tour, Jeb Shakes Fist at Putin
Bush is taking a different tack on his presidential rite of passage in Europe than his GOP rivals: he’s talking.
Threats
Europe Requires More than Symbolic Defense
A recent 1,200-mile U.S. Army convoy across European roads was a stirring sight, but it won’t be enough to deter Russian aggression.
Threats
Russia Scales Back Long-Range Aircraft Patrols, NATO General Says
After beefing up long-range aviation patrols last year, Russia has been flying near the borders of NATO countries less frequently, Gen. Philip Breedlove says.
Threats
How Norway Lost Control of Its $500 Million Arctic Sub Base to the Russians
The Cold War-era facility now hosts Russian vessels linked to energy giant, Gazprom.
Ideas
Anti-Access/Area Denial Isn’t Just for Asia Anymore
It’s time for the U.S. to prepare for A2/AD in Europe.
Ideas
Meet Europe’s Rising Defense Stars
Below the radar, a new generation of female European leaders is offering bold ideas on defense and taking political risks.
Policy
Is There a Future for Russia Without Vladimir Putin?
Even if the president reappears, his absence reveals the chilling degree to which he has consolidated power in the country.
Policy
Azerbaijan Is Behaving Like a Mini Russia
Azerbaijan's geography and natural resources make it a convenient US and EU ally. But the mercurial behavior of this pint-sized petrostate is creating some geopolitical problems.
Threats
Baltic States Adopting Tougher Security in Response to Russia
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are introducing new security measures, including conscription, to help defend against possible threats from Moscow.
Policy
Germany Can Stop 'Assuming the Worst' About NSA Spying, Obama Says
The president defended the NSA's intelligence gathering methods even as he expressed impatience with U.S. allies' skepticism of his administration's concern for the civil liberties of foreigners.
Threats
What the Flournoy and Friends' Plan To Arm Ukraine's Army Fails To Take Into Account
Do Flournoy, Daalder, Stavridis, Chuck Wald and friends really believe this will change the game -- or Putin's mind?
Threats
Here's Where Europe Has Made Big Changes in Cyber Security
The more than two dozen nations that make up the European Union are making surprising new progress in the cyber domain.
Threats