Shorouk Express Moșteanu’s resignation just months into the job follows the ousting of Dovilė Šakalienė as Lithuania’s defense minister over a dispute about the Baltic country’s defense budget — and as Europe mulls how to respond to intensifying Russian hybrid attacks. Romania’s Economy Minister Radu Miruță is expected to take over the defense portfolio on…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 12. The official visit of Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov, to Bosnia and Herzegovina continues, Trend reports via the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense. As part of the visit, Colonel General Hasanov visited the Command of the European Union Forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 13. The Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov has conveyed his condolences to the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, Trend reports referring to Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defense. The letter says: “I am deeply…
Shorouk Express Canada and European NATO countries are also promising to dramatically increase their defense spending, something that will be reaffirmed by alliance leaders during their summit in The Hague starting on Wednesday. “While NATO remains the cornerstone of our collective defense, this partnership will allow us to strengthen our preparedness faster and better —…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 21. Air defense systems have been deployed in the Iranian cities of Mashhad and Tabriz as the military takes active measures to repel attacks by Israeli drones, Trend reports. According to available information, several drones have already been destroyed during these defensive operations. This escalation follows Israeli military airstrikes on…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 16. On June 16, the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov paid an official visit to the Republic of Belarus at the invitation of the Minister of Defense of Belarus, Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin, Trend reports. At Minsk National Airport, Belarusian Defense Minister met…
Shorouk Express Nonetheless, Porter predicted: “I think what you’re going to get is a very untidy mix of recognizing changed circumstances while clinging on to the old world order.” What are the pinch points? The U.K. is heavily reliant on the U.S. for several key aspects of its defense network, including intelligence-sharing, the nuclear deterrent…
Shorouk Express Ed Arnold, senior research fellow at the defense think tank RUSI, said the lack of concrete measures in the new partnership showed that “even on something such as defense and security, whereby the second Trump administration should be pushing them very, very close together, it’s just not quite happening that way.” He added…
Shorouk Express Loïc Mougeolle is a defense contractor whose ties to the military go back a generation. His father worked in nuclear deterrence for the French navy; he, in turn, worked nine years for a defense firm until co-founding his own defense company, Comand AI, in 2022, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “We will never…
Shorouk Express The new plan aims to modernize Greece’s armed forces as the country emerges from a decade-long financial crisis and tries to keep pace with the defense advances of its neighbor and historical rival, Turkey. It comes amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s pressure on NATO allies to spend more on defense. Greece already spends…
