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China’s nuclear arsenal triples, reshaping global strategic balance
BEIJING (Realist English). Since 2020, China has tripled its nuclear warhead stockpile to an estimated 600, a dramatic departure from...
Read moreItaly revives €13bn Sicily bridge project, framing it as NATO-aligned strategic infrastructure
ROME (Realist English). Italy’s government, led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, is preparing to approve the long-delayed construction of a...
Read moreJapan’s Mitsubishi Heavy wins $6.5bn Australian frigate deal in landmark naval export
TOKYO (Realist English). Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has been named Australia’s preferred bidder to build up to 11 general-purpose frigates,...
Read morePoland leads EU push for €127bn in defence loans under SAFE programme
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Eighteen EU member states have submitted requests for a combined €127 billion in defence loans under the...
Read moreEurope must plug key military gaps to reduce reliance on the U.S.
LONDON (Realist English). In the wake of the NATO Summit’s landmark pledge to raise defence spending to 3.5% of GDP...
Read moreEU warns military infrastructure unfit for war with Russia, proposes €17bn overhaul
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Europe’s roads, railways, and bridges are not capable of supporting the rapid movement of troops and heavy...
Read moreEx-Apple engineer launches Greek defence start-up to disrupt military tech industry
ATHENS (Realist English). A former Apple engineer has launched a defence start-up in Athens that is aiming to shake up...
Read moreBelgian defense minister hails Turkey as “wise and strong” NATO ally
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Belgium’s Minister of Defense and Foreign Trade, Teo Francken, has described the Turkish regime as a “wise...
Read moreSudan’s RSF-led alliance forms rival government, deepening divisions amid civil war
KHARTOUM (Realist English). A Sudanese coalition led by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has announced the formation of a rival...
Read moreRussia doubles down on underwater deterrence as Putin sets priorities for Navy’s future
SEVERODVINSK (Realist English). President Vladimir Putin chaired a strategy session on the development of Russia’s submarine forces during a working...
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Putin and Xi reaffirm strategic partnership in New Year video talks
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin held a video conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping on February 4, marking...
Pompeo hints at US involvement in unrest and attacks in Iran
TEL AVIV (Realist English). Former US secretary of state and ex-CIA director Mike Pompeo has made a rare public statement...
Khamenei warns of regional war amid US military build-up in the Gulf
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned on Sunday that any US attack on the Islamic Republic would...
Trump warns Iran as US carrier group moves closer, raising fears of imminent military clash
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The risk of open conflict between the United States and Iran intensified after US President Donald Trump...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
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