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Erik Prince, America’s most notorious mercenary, spies opportunity in chaos

The return of the Blackwater founder is a sign of the times

The loneliness of America’s model ally

Donald Trump has no desire to play global cop. That is tough on Denmark, a loyal sheriff’s deputy

The War Room newsletter: Did a Russian weapon spook Trump?

Shashank Joshi, our defence editor, talks missile protection—in Yorkshire

China is backing Russia’s war to keep America distracted, says Kaja Kallas

China’s rulers want to show it is in their people’s interests to keep America focused on Europe, according to the EU’s f...

Brussels feels like a city preparing for war

Europe readies itself to survive in a world of hostile strongmen

The icy cold war America is busy losing

Its weakest flank isn’t Greenland, but around Alaska

Europe struggles to put homeland defence first

Years of expeditionary operations leave it vulnerable if America abandons the continent

Can the West survive an age of brinkmanship?

It is time to relearn the cold-war arts of escalation management

The flashing red threat from Russia’s dark fleet

NATO navies struggle to contain a new danger on the seas

The War Room newsletter: The best tanks of all time

In a bonus edition of our defence newsletter, Richard Cockett examines an icon from the battlefield

The War Room newsletter: Why Trump wants a Taliban air base back

The president’s neo-imperial worldview has something to do with it, according to Shashank Joshi, our defence editor

Cold war deterrence doesn’t work any more

Why the West is finding it so hard to deter China and Russia

Top Gun—without Maverick

Drones ride into the danger zone

Ukraine has been trying to bring the war to Russia. More Russians are beginning to feel it

A cornered Putin might recklessly provoke NATO