Foreign & Defence Policy Program of US presidential candidates
Donald Trump Trump used a major speech on Thursday to lay out an “America first” foreign policy that would see Nato allies contribute more to their own defence. Castigating the “reckless and rudderless” policies of President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton that he said “blazed a path of destruction” in the world, Mr Trump said…
Russian Volga-Dnepr leaves SALIS
From January 1, 2019, the Russian Volga will cease providing AN-124 capacity for EU and NATO states under NATO’s heavy military air transport program SALIS (Strategic Airlift Interim Solution), which includes 17 European member states and Canada. The loss is sensitive: Under Salis, Antonov and Volga have each had an AN-124 permanently stationed at Leipzig-Halle…
India signed an agreement to buy 36 Rafale from France
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has signed an agreement with his Indian counterpart Manohar Parrikar in New Delhi, putting an end to nearly 18 months of negotiations on the financial market conditions. According to the biggest agreement never signed by Dassault, India buys from France 36 Rafale fighter built by Dassault Aviation, for an…
Vulnerability Points of EU & NATO in Europe
We often hear and read about the Suwalki Corridor – east of Kaliningrad, on the Polish-Lithuanian border – as one of the EU’s Achilles’ heels, which Russia could easily cut off land connections by attacking. During the Cold War, the GIUP-gate (G-I-UK), the sea section between Greenland – Iceland – Great Britain, and the German…