With Donald Trump returning to the U.S. presidency on Jan. 20, Europeans are asking what they can do to keep Ukraine armed if ...

With its aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines and missile systems, France's military is among Europe’s most modern. In terms ...

For decades, European NATO members curbed defense spending to fund other priorities. What remains, in the view of some US military experts, is a “Potemkin Army” that couldn’t stand up to an ...

Emmanuel Macron has made little secret of his wish to see a European Army and, in the past, has even branded NATO "braindead" ...

Mr Macron said Europe needed a real army of its own Credit: Anadolu/Getty Brussels has also worked to deepen ties with Nato to quell fears by Baltic member states that a common EU defence policy ...

At the same time, Ukraine’s active military personnel has surged to nearly 1 million troops. Ukraine is not the only European military with a formidable tank force. Other nations like the United ...

Boosting Europe's defence capabilities after years of underinvestment is a goal broadly shared by leaders across the European Union - but how and to what extent are still big questions, depending ...

The EU should have its own army, the prime minister of Luxembourg has said, amid fears Donald Trump will withdraw US security for Europe if he returns to the White House. The first steps towards a ...

He could just let it go dormant. That means a 25 per cent chance of Europe facing its worst military threat since 1945. Yes, it’s a hypothetical, but a hypothetical that could happen as soon ...

In June this year, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) celebrated its 75th anniversary. A pact that was formed in the aftermath of World War II to counter the threat of the Soviet Union ...

Well before the Industrial Revolution, Europe developed the superior military potential and expertise that enabled her to dominate the world for the next two centuries. In this attractively ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US investors have stepped up funding in European defence technology start-ups, accounting for the largest ...