By Pierre Tran Paris – France and Europe could boost their autonomy by increasing cooperation in the defense technology and industrial base rather than rely on the U.S. military umbrella, with the latter seen as increasingly uncertain, a French parliamentary report said. The authors, parliamentarians Jean-Charles Larsonneur and Jean-Louis Thiériot,…
By Richard Weitz North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs will present major challenges to whoever is elected president this year. Even President Trump would find it difficult to resume his high-level diplomacy with Pyongyang. Not only has the so-called Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) made substantial progress in developing…
Robert Czulda NATO member states must step up their defense efforts, as Russia continues to pose a threat that persists. The time gained through Ukraine’s resistance is being squandered – this was the prevailing view during Defence24Days in Warsaw, one of Europe’s largest defense-related conferences. Throughout the event, held between…
By Pierre Tran Paris – The armed forces minister, Sébastien Lecornu, is due to make an official visit to Vietnam to attend French and Vietnamese commemoration on May 6 and 7 of the bloody battle of Dien Bien Phu, which marked the defeat of French colonialism in the southeast Asian…
By Pierre Tran Paris – The French and German defense ministers signed April 26 a memorandum of understanding, with a target of signing contracts by the end of the year to launch phase 1A of designing and building a new tank, dubbed main ground combat system (MGCS). The French armed…
By Kenneth Maxwell My observations on Portugal in 1964 typed up on my portable Olivetti typewriter. This evaluation was written ten years before the “Revolution of Carnations” of 1974, when Portuguese junior army officers, tired of endless wars in Africa, overthrew Europe’s oldest dictatorship. This in turn ended Portuguese rule…
By Pierre Tran Versailles, France – The U.S. defense industry had much to gain if Congress approved swiftly a stalled $61 billion package of military and financial aid for Ukraine, in its fight against “Russian aggression,” the American secretary of state said April 2. Antony Blinken was speaking at the…
By Pierre Tran Paris – The two French frigates on patrol in the Red Sea have fired 22 Aster missiles against drones and ballistic missiles launched by the Houthi militia against western shipping, the armed forces minister, Sébastien Lecornu, told March 26 a high profile news conference. The minister disclosed…
