Defense

Conservative media has targeted Navy Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield for comments she made about diversity.

“Knowledge is power,” minister says as Netherlands moves to counter espionage threat.

“This is desirable given the security situation in Israel, the Palestinian Territories and the broader region,” say trade and foreign ministers.

Key competitor Eutelsat won’t break Starlink’s grip on Kyiv’s wartime communications overnight.

Any American withdrawal poses dangers for the continent, Antti Häkkänen warned.

Suspicious Russian tankers keep slashing Europe’s internet and power cables. It’s not an act of war … but someday it might be.

Some insiders think it’s time for Britain to dial back the sharing of intelligence with the U.S., long one of the most critical elements of the special relationship.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said such attacks “cannot be accidental.”

NATO’s boss insisted that the alliance “remains the cornerstone of European security,” despite worries about Trump.

Top commander Christopher Cavoli also says Kyiv’s forces have shored up defensive positions.

“What are we to believe in about the country that we have admired for so many years?” Mette Frederiksen said Thursday on Trump’s Greenland threat.

Russia’s negotiator insisted there was a “positive outcome” after two days of talks with Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff in Washington.

France is determined to secure more advantageous fishing rights in return for a pact, officials say.

The program could make it more difficult for America to produce weapons — and keep allies.

A supranational bank would sidestep the European Commission, involve the British, and allow defense-spending off the balance sheet.

There is “a real fragility” in energy infrastructure security, one expert warned.

America “is as active in NATO as ever, and some of this hysteria and hyperbole that I see … is unwarranted,” says Donald Trump’s top diplomat.

The Italian prime minister has kept her government surprisingly intact for years — but pressure is building as Donald Trump pushes Europe to pick sides.

Trump’s envoy Marco Rubio faces European NATO allies amid tension over Greenland, Ukraine and the future of the alliance.

The country is splashing the cash on its military after years of austerity.

“There are no plans to withdraw or whatever,” NATO chief said of fears the U.S. might disengage from the alliance.

Brussels is poised to retaliate after the U.S. president’s announcement, which is expected to contain double-digit American tariffs on all EU exports.

“If we start weakening our commitment, it makes it easier for warring factions around the world to use these weapons again, because it reduces the stigma,” says Norwegian foreign minister.

Ukrainian leader spells out 3 possible missions for allied nations.