Author: Shaheen Gaszewski
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Germany’s New Military Strategy
Germany’s new Military Strategy refocuses the Bundeswehr on Alliance defence and deterrence against Russia, aiming to be Europe’s strongest conventional army. This shift aligns Germany’s threat assessment with Poland’s, but triggers Polish anxiety about competition for the US’s ‘primary ally’ status. Instead of competing for US favour, Germany and Poland should capitalize on their newly…
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The Asymmetric Air War
Russia has massively scaled up its production of long-range drones since the full-scale invasion and is gradually improving their technical characteristics and tactics. This buildup now threatens European states, which can detect incursions but lack a cheap way to stop mass incursions. Europe must rapidly field interoperable, low-cost layered counter-drone systems (counter-drones, EW, lasers) and…