K-141 Kursk was an Oscar-II class nuclear-powered cruise-missile submarine of the Russian Navy which was lost with all hands when it sank in the Barents Sea on 12 August 2000. It was the penultimate Oscar II class submarine designed and approved in the Soviet era. KURSK, A SUBMARINE IN TROUBLED WATERSCARRE Jean-Michel(2005) In August 2000,…
Joint NATO Military Exercice in Hungary: In November 2023, under the name ADAPTIVE HUSSARS 2023, the Hungarian Defence Forces are going to hold a multinational domestic military exercise with the participation of NATO forces in order to test the defence capabilities of the country. The objective of the exercise is to test the military’s readiness for…
Introduction La question qui se trouve dans le titre de cet analyse „Sécurité ou insécurité” est liée au débat initié dans un cadre plus large parmi les scientifiques et experts de sécurité après l’annexion de la Crimée par la Fédération de Russie en 2014. Cet événement crucial réveille des pays européens de leur „rêve pacifique”.(1)…
19/02/2024: The European Union decided to launch a naval mission (Aspides = Protektor in Greek) to protect commercial vessels in the Red Sea from attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Since late 2023, as a result of Houthi attacks on maritime shipping, maritime security in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Gulf has significantly…
European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker called again for the bloc to build an army, saying a flock of hens posed more of a threat than its current military capabilities. “A bunch of chickens looks like a combat formation compared to the foreign and security policy of the European Union,” Juncker told a Brussels forum in…
