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Rear Admiral Archer M Macy Jr describes today’s military, organisational, human and cultural risks and opportunities in integrating forces for air and missile defence.

This paper looks at the lessons to be drawn from sabotage attacks attributed to Russia against civilian infrastructure and logistics in European NATO countries, and questions NATO’s preparedness for future warfare.

As the Middle East is facing grave uncertainty against the backdrop of what is being called the 'Third Gulf War’, Ankara is managing an uneasy relationship with Iran.

Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding’s air defence system was crucial during the Battle of Britain. The RAF Museum’s Andrew Renwick describes how it was created.

Only Europe can take the action necessary to defeat Russia, save Ukraine and the international rules-based order, and reclaim the bloc's geopolitical power.

In this research article, Mariia Vladymyrova argues that Russian fishing fleets serve as instruments of strategic deterrence and coercive signalling. By leveraging ambiguity and dual-use capabilities, Russia blurs the line between civilian and military operations, complicating NATO’s maritime situational awareness and demanding adaptive countermeasures in an evolving security environment.

In this research article, the authors argue that the UK, leveraging its Arctic proximity, maritime strength and leadership of the Joint Expeditionary Force, should spearhead a tighter regional security architecture, harden the defence of Svalbard and the Bear Island Gap, and combine legal, military and economic tools to constrain Russian revisionism.

The transformation of France’s land forces to a Fighting Army, a response to the 2014 invasion of Ukraine by Russia, has lessons for the British Army.