NATO’s 75th anniversary coincided with the US announcement to reduce or transform the presence of US army units in European theatre. What caused this process, which crises it provokes and the possible consequences for Europe.In February 2025, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegeset, at a meeting with NATO Defense Ministers, made...
The German automotive industry is stalling: сauses and consequences of the industrial slowdown
The German automotive industry has long been the backbone of the country's economy and a symbol of European industrial power. But over the past two years, automotive companies have seen a noticeable decline in production and economic performance. In the second quarter of 2025 alone, car exports from Germany to...
Drones over Europe: a new reality of security and politics
Today we have to say that drones are becoming a tool of geopolitics and economic pressure. The repeated appearance of drones over major airports, military bases and infrastructure in northern and eastern Europe has caused not only the military to react, but also politicians to think about taking the necessary...
NATO countries are suffering from an increase in the number of cyber attacks
The US faced serious risks in cyberspace as early as the 1990s, however, many European NATO member states have long clearly underestimated the threats to their own security that come from cyberspace. The situation changed somewhat when on April 27, 2007, the Estonian authorities dismantled the «Bronze Soldier» – monument...
“Frozen money – warm levers”. On the influence of Russian assets on the unity of Europe
Western sanctions, imposed on Russia in late February 2022 after the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, affected banks and individual accounts and became the basis for freezing part of the Russian Central Bank’s international reserves. In March 2022, the Finance Minister of the Russian Federation announced that Western countries...
The Gulf of Oman as a transport hub for shadow fleet tankers
The European Union, Great Britain and the United States have strengthened their sanctions against the energy sector of the Russian economy and the activities of the so-called «shadow fleet» of the Russian Federation, which ensures the transportation of Russian crude oil by sea. The focus of attention of Brussels, London...
How the Russian «atomic anchor» turns energy projects into long-term dependence
Russia has long positioned itself as a leader in nuclear technology and energy. It must be recognized that the competition in this field is not so great, and the strategic potential of nuclear energy is huge. Realizing this, Russia has constructed a model in which the construction of nuclear power...
Submarine diversions as a tool of the Russian hybrid war
In the last three years, the arena of geopolitical struggle has become the seabed with underwater gas pipelines, power cables and internet communications. The Nord Stream gas pipeline explosions in September 2022, a series of cable damage in 2023 - 2025 and inter-state investigations have raised the question of whether...
Old tankers between scrap metal and «shadow fleet»
The member states of «G-7», together with the Western countries on both sides of the Atlantic, are trying to create such conditions that Russian Urals oil is sold in accordance with the so-called «price ceiling». Every three months, at the level of the European Union, there is a revision and...
Spanish chemicals for Russian weapons
The customs services of the member countries of the European Union have difficulties in strictly observing the EU sanctions imposed against Russia, in connection with which, part of the products, which are prohibited to be exported to the Russian Federation, still «slips through the borders of United Europe until Putin's...