As Russian aggression continues and Trump’s US threatens Nato, it is even more vital for a unified defence of the continent, says historian and Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash ...

Europe’s defense landscape has changed dramatically in recent years, shaped by NATO commitments, the war in Ukraine, rising ...

Germany announced its first stand-alone military strategy on Tuesday, intending to become the strongest “conventional army in ...

A defense overhaul in Germany aims to increase the number of active-duty forces to 260,000 troops by the mid-2030s.

Germany’s new military strategy has both direct and indirect ramifications for Australia and the Indo-Pacific. As Germany ...

On the right is a member of the German military, on the left is the German flag and the frigate F 222 Baden Württemberg of the German Navy General Carsten Breuer is a man in a hurry. As head of ...

Visitors to Gamescom sit in front of computer simulation games at the Bundeswehr stand in Cologne, Germany, on Aug. 21, 2025. The German army is recruiting new recruits at the computer game fair.

A majority of Germans now consider Europe’s security situation more dangerous than the Cold War era amid growing doubts about the willingness of the United States to come to the Continent’s defense, ...

Soon the country’s armed forces budget could exceed those of Britain and France combined. In Paris, there are concerns that European “strategic autonomy” will have a German accent. By Steven Erlanger ...

The United States remains Europe’s strategic shock absorber. It keeps Russia at bay, embeds Germany, reassures France, ...