Security

EU leaders green-light massive European rearmament Plan

THE HAGUE, Netherlands —  European Union leaders have wrapped up a busy week for defense, endorsing a landmark plan Thursday to unlock a combined €800 billion ($866 billion) in European military spending, though some political fissures became visible. The bloc hopes...
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Norway’s coastal rangers eye fresh drones to find threats at sea

HARSTAD, Norway — Some hundreds of kilometers from a Russian naval base in Murmansk Oblast, a formation of military boats dash across the frigid Norwegian Sea. A team of officers bearing the Norwegian flag on their uniform climb from one moving vessel onto another, a...
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For European envoys in DC, a new chill from Trump’s Pentagon

Over his years in Washington, a European defense official — granted anonymity to speak freely — grew used to a certain warmth from his American counterparts. He gave the Air Force’s annual conference as an example. Every year he went, the speakers thanked U.S. allies...
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Facing Trump’s threats, Canada shifts defense links away from US

VICTORIA, British Columbia — Faced with threats of economic punishment and annexation from the Trump administration, Canada has launched a series of initiatives to shift its traditional defense links with the U.S. over to Europe and other regions. Foreign Affairs...
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