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Defence Innovation as Protection

Key Points: NATO’s central defense innovation challenge is conversion, not invention. Emerging and disruptive technology (EDT) adoption should be driven by operational demand, not technology fashion. Technology Readiness Level is insufficient for coalition defense adoption. Startups, SMEs and non-traditional suppliers need navigable transition pathways. Trusted data, interoperability, security and sustainment must become...
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Germany’s Maritime Defense Test

Key Points : Germany’s defense credibility is likely to be tested through maritime resilience.  Germany’s ability to sustain allied movement could...
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U.S.-China Nuclear Competition Beneath the South China Sea

Key Points : $3.4 trillion in annual trade depends on sustained South China Sea deterrence. China's Bastion doctrine extends nuclear deterrence...
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NATO Is Not a Choice: Strategic Reality for Europe

Key Points: North Atlantic Treaty Organization is strategic infrastructure, not a political option. Political disagreement with US behavior does not create...
Engin Büker -

Measuring Strategic Rupture: NSS-2025 and the Rewiring of US Grand Strategy

Key Points: • NSS-2025 represents a structural break in US grand strategy, not an incremental adjustment.• Measurement across 17 strategic...
Engin Büker -

From Cloud to Combat: NATO’s Data Warfighting Model

Key Points: • NATO’s agreement with Google Cloud signals cloud’s shift into the battlespace• Cloud has moved from support infrastructure...
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China’s Semiconductor “Manhattan Project”: Breaking the EUV Monopoly

Key Points: • Monopoly Disrupted: China tested a prototype EUV machine, challenging ASML’s long-standing global monopoly.• Scale: A secret, state-funded...
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Counter-Drone Warfare: The Global Race to Neutralize Swarms and Loitering Munitions

Key Points: • Cheap loitering munitions and commercial drones have broken the “one missile per target” air-defence model, creating an...
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Europe’s Defence Market Transformation: From Complacency to Strategic Rearmament

Key Points: • Structural Rearmament: EU defense spending increased 57% (€218B → €343B, 2021-2024), fastest growth since Cold War's end• Stock...
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How NSS-2025 Resets the Transatlantic Security Equation

Key Points: • NSS-2025 replaces order-driven US strategy with an interest-based framework.• NATO’s burden structure shifts with rising expectations for...
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