Russia’s rising hybrid activity on Svalbard is sparking fears that Moscow could spark an incident that tests NATO’s Article 5 mutual defense clause.

The U.K. and Germany have built up closer ties — especially in defense — over the last two years.

A network targeting workers in Africa, Asia and Belarus relies on Western tech and platforms to recruit people for Russia’s war effort, according to a new investigation.

The escalating campaign is destroying up to 40 locomotives a month and exposing Ukraine’s urgent replacement gap.

Berlin wants to deepen defense cooperation with the U.S. The war in Iran and industrial shortages put this into question.

The Kremlin’s newest innovation is causing havoc for Kyiv’s air defenses.

Kyiv hopes to repeat its successful Euro 2012 partnership with Warsaw, according to the country’s sports minister.

Kyiv is pressing allies for more interceptors and cash — but so far its efforts are coming up short.

Industry officials at the European Parliament backed the Commission’s Industrial Accelerator Act proposal.

Kyiv is developing its own domestic ballistics as Russia’s missile threat grows.

New production will come too late, U.S. supplies are strained and leading donors say they have few interceptors to spare.

Poland’s leading opposition party has broken apart, but that may not help PM Donald Tusk.

Travelers are being exempted from facial scans and fingerprint collection whenever lines get too long.

The military alliance chief has more warm words for the U.S. president in an interview with POLITICO, where he credits him with getting Europeans to spend more on defense.

Just 43 percent of American adults believe Europe would help them if attacked, while support for China and Russia is on the rise.

European capitals see Turkey’s strong defense industry, military and Middle East experience as an asset, but worry about its democratic credentials.

Millions of Ukrainians living in Poland could become a key issue in next year’s parliamentary election as the mood on the political right shifts against Kyiv.

Europeans should not try to replace all of the expensive kit supplied by America, French Deputy Defense Minister Alice Rufo tells POLITICO.

Karol Nawrocki’s move puts an intense strain on one of the most important European alliances in the war against Russia.

FCAS was killed by industrial infighting, and now Berlin, Paris and Madrid must choose between national programs, U.S. aircraft and fragile new partnerships.

The author of Britain’s refreshed defense strategy called on Labour MPs and “pacifist” members to accept big trade-offs on defense spending.

Gen. Fabien Mandon also acknowledged France might fall behind Germany as Berlin boosts defense spending.

The wars Russia and America have waged in Ukraine and Iran are case studies in geopolitical self-harm

European leaders tested solutions to NATO’s new problem: how to handle an America that can both anchor the alliance and shake it.

Mark Rutte wants new focus on defense industry deals to close a yawning production gap in Europe — but also keep the U.S. president on board.

Warsaw hailed the move as proof Poland remains Washington’s “ironclad ally.”

POLITICO is on the ground at the GLOBSEC Forum in Prague.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau instructed senior State Department officials to facilitate and approve a visa for a fugitive former Polish cabinet ​minister, allowing him to flee to ...

Warsaw insists that all is fine despite the unexpected American decision — but fears are growing.

Social media campaigns attacking wind power aren’t just a U.S. phenomenon.

And the recovery of justice

A three-day ceasefire in the Ukraine war appeared to be holding.

President Karol Nawrocki vows to personally lobby Trump, breaking with Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s warning against “poaching” American forces.

Facing American interceptor shortages, Kyiv is pitching its own system linked with pan-European technology to fill the gap.

Escalating battle over regulation fuels acrimony between Poland’s center-right prime minister and its nationalist president.