Tag: Defense policy
Mediated by China – oil states Saudi Arabia and Iran are getting closer
China’s ruler Xi Jinping (left), King Salman In December last year, the heads of state of China and Saudi Arabia intensified their cooperation, and now Beijing has acted as a…
From the end of the Ukraine war
The author Jürgen Trittin is foreign policy spokesman for the Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group in the Bundestag. For a long time, the Munich Security Conference was a place of…
The country lost the economic war long ago
The author Wolfgang Ischinger is a former ambassador to Washington and was head of the Munich Security Conference. (Photo: Klawe Rzezcy) In the book “Jim Button and Luke the Locomotive…
This is how Russia’s offensive in Donbass is currently going
Berlin A year ago, the successful Russian initial offensive in Ukraine began. At the end of March 2022, in that month alone, Kremlin troops had captured around a tenth of…
At what price does Ukraine want to keep Bakhmut?
Bachmut Ukrainian soldiers fire a self-propelled howitzer at Russian positions near Bakhmut. Kiev is losing hundreds of soldiers every day, which is causing noticeable unrest. (Photo: dpa) Vienna The current…
“It has to be produced before it can be delivered”
Ukrainian soldiers fire a French Caesar self-propelled howitzer Ukraine has a requirement of up to 300,000 artillery shells per month. (Photo: dpa) Brussels, Berlin The EU countries want to boost…
Ukraine War: Why Bachmut Will Fall
Ukrainian soldier in a tank near Bakhmut Ukraine and Russia are fighting bitterly over the small town of Bakhmut. (Photo: dpa) Mr. Weiß, why is Bachmut of such great strategic…
Nord Stream pipelines may have been destroyed by pro-Ukrainian saboteurs
Destroyed pipelines Apparently, the United States now has new information. (Photo: via REUTERS) Brussels The destruction of the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipelines was apparently…
Nord Stream pipelines may have been destroyed by pro-Ukrainian saboteurs
Destroyed pipelines Apparently, the United States now has new information. (Photo: via REUTERS) Brussels The US has intelligence that the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipelines…
Why is Bakhmut so important to Russians and Ukrainians?
The battle for Bakhmut has been raging for seven months: the city in the Donetsk region is one of the hardest fought in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Again and again…
“The West is suppressing China” – Xi raises serious allegations and criticizes the USA in particular
Xi Jinping The Chinese head of state turned unusually openly against the United States. (Photo: IMAGO/Xinhua) Beijing With unusually direct words, China’s head of state and party leader Xi Jinping…
China wants more “autonomy” from the Europeans compared to the USA
Qingang China’s foreign minister recommends that Europeans turn more to China. (Photo: Bloomberg) Beijing China hopes that Europeans will gain more independence from the United States. At a press conference…
Selenski swears by unity in the battle for Bachmut
Volodymyr Zelensky The President of Ukraine wants to keep the city of Bakhmut. (Photo: dpa) Kyiv Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has reaffirmed the unity of the military leadership in Kiev…
CEO Papperger’s clever but daring calculation
Panthers Rheinmetall is still looking for the first customer for its new main battle tank – and may find one in Ukraine. (Photo: dpa) Armin Papperger has chutzpah – without…
Clear victory for ruling party in parliamentary elections in Estonia
Parliamentary elections in Estonia Members of the Reform Party and supporters of Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (M) celebrate their victory. (Photo: dpa) In the EU and NATO state of Estonia,…
“Ukrainian warfare is primitive”
Battle for Bachmut “Putin can threaten anyone he wants with nuclear war, including NATO.” (Photo: dpa) Kyiv Yuri Butusov knows the conflict from the inside perspective and is considered one…
Can autonomous weapons still be regulated?
Berlin The war in Ukraine is often taking place according to decades-old strategies: artillery fire, trenches, house-to-house fighting. But the massive use of drones to recon and engage enemy positions…
In all friendship – Scholz and Biden seal alliance in difficult times
Washington It is well known that US President Joe Biden considers personal exchange to be indispensable, and Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz is also considered a friend of face-to-face discussions. Both…
Federal government wants to buy decommissioned Leopard tanks from Switzerland
A Panzer 87 Leopard of the Swiss Army The model is based on the Leopard 2A4, but has been continuously developed. (Photo: picture alliance/KEYSTONE) Berlin In Switzerland, the federal government…
Ukraine war: Europe’s unity is fragile
>>iOS Poland has enshrined a three percent target in law; for 2023 it is even planning four percent and more. Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are targeting three percent, and Norway,…