The 50th iteration of the U.S./NATO-led Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) began on June 6 and will continue until June 18. With the Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO and Sixth Fleet (the two share a commander) at the head, this year’s exercise includes 40 military...
The twelve-day Falcon Strike 21 aerial war games commenced in earnest today out of the Amendola Air Base in Italy. The exercise is led by the Italian Air Force and is described by U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa as designed for the integration of 4th...
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This year’s iteration of the biennial Arctic Challenge military exercise is occurring from June 2-18 and is being led by Norway as part of a rotating arrangement with Finland and Sweden. Arctic Challenge exercises have been held since 2013, but this is the first since...
On June 1 the Irish Times disclosed that Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs recently recommended to the nation’s Commission on Defence that Ireland expand military integration with NATO and the European Union. In the first case with the military bloc’s...
The secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Jens Stoltenberg, gave an online address entitled ”NATO 2030: a transatlantic agenda for the future” at an event co-sponsored by the Brookings Institution and German Council on Foreign Relations on June...
