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For decades, NATO’s reserve forces sat at the margins of defence planning, but Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has forced the alliance to confront a hard reality: its existing approach to reserves was not fit for purpose and didn’t match the scale, speed and complexity of modern collective defence. Now, allies are all taking steps to boost their reserve numbers – and they’re hoping to attract talent from fields that are becoming increasingly important for victory on and off the battlefield, but which aren’t necessarily competitive salary-wise, including cyber and IT. “All nations are doing that in a different way,…
Increasing pressure on manufacturers to move production to Europe will disrupt existing supply routes and…
Published on 10/02/2026 – 10:18 GMT+1•Updated 10:19 The European Union remains the least corrupt region…
Published on 10/02/2026 – 9:41 GMT+1 “God bless America, whether it’s Chile, Argentina, Uruguay…”: Bad…
Good morning, I’m Mared Gwyn writing from Brussels. Welcome to Tuesday. EU leaders are raising…
The European Commission has strong reservations about the Spanish government’s announcement that it will grant…
The European Union does not have a strong gun ownership culture or much public debate…
Published on 09/02/2026 – 17:00 GMT+1•Updated 17:09 A lack of clarity over how public funds…
Published on 09/02/2026 – 19:45 GMT+1•Updated 19:48 Ursula von der Leyen has suggested countries willing…
With just over two months remaining before the Hungarian parliamentary elections, the campaign has entered…
Iranian chess grandmaster living in exile Mitra Hejazipour has called on international powers to help…
The price cap on Russian oil, one of the Western allies’ leading initiatives to squeeze…
Published on 09/02/2026 – 9:04 GMT+1•Updated 10:37 The 2025 annual turnover of the European gun…
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