Germany has paved the way a massive increase in defense spending. What does the Bundeswehr need most urgently?

The old Marder infantry fighting vehicle will also be replaced by the modern Puma ... projects is to set up a Bundeswehr brigade in Lithuania. Almost 5,000 German soldiers are to be permanently ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz declared in 2022 that Germany was undertaking a societal and political sea change on national security matters. The word he used for this sea change in thinking, ...

With the new development of the shipboard combat suit, which began in 2023, the German Navy (Deutsche Marine) is presenting a ...

Marcel Bohnert, senior army officer and deputy leader of the German Bundeswehr Association, recently said that there was no point in hoping for more voluntary recruits. He argued that the military has ...

Germany’s Bundeswehr remains atrophying and ill-equipped despite political leaders’ repeated vows to reverse the force’s ...

Adopting the policies proposed in the White Paper, designed to arm Europe for war with Russia, would require devastating ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. As a podcaster and freelance journalist, Ole Nymoen admits he enjoys freedom of expression and other democratic ...