Israel’s ultra-Orthodox don’t serve in its armed forces. That’s getting harder than ever to justify and threatens Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition. politics Article 1917 words, published Mar 15 2024 39 votes
Preparing for war, social unrest or a new pandemic? Chinese companies are raising militias like it’s the 1970s. politics Article 14 votes
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Why I don't criticize Israel - Sam Harris - transcript from a 2014 podcast politics Article 3538 words 16 votes
‘If we don’t get the aid, we will lose the war’: Zelenskyy asks Congress to help Ukraine politics Article 1762 words, published Sep 22 2023 33 votes
FSWC appalled by standing ovation in Canadian Parliament for Ukrainian veteran who served in Nazi military unit politics Article 313 words 11 votes
As Finland's presidential election gets underway, one key question looks set to dominate – whom do Finns trust to deal with Russia? politics Article 1030 words 7 votes
Ukraine wasn’t going to get a pathway to join NATO — but Canada had another idea politics Link 16 votes
Bernie Sanders 'disappointed, but not surprised,' as US Senate rejects 10% military spending cut politics Article 587 words 17 votes
When Sweden joins NATO its submarines will help the alliance redress its vulnerability in northwest Europe – the Baltic Sea politics Article 538 words 21 votes
Although Finland's Åland archipelago is strategically located in the Baltic Sea, an agreement prevents any military presence there – but perhaps this could change politics Article 1240 words 8 votes
As it joins NATO, Finland recorded its highest year-on-year increase in military spending since 1962 – global military spending rose by 3.7% in real terms politics Article 6 votes
Finland's long road to NATO – Russia's attack on Ukraine in 2022 revived memories of 1939 and was the catalyst that led the Nordic country into the Alliance politics Article 1987 words 2 votes
How Türkiye is ruining NATO's moment of unity – Erdoğan is blocking the quick membership addition of Sweden and Finland to the alliance politics Article 1975 words, published Feb 4 2023 7 votes
If the goal of Denmark is to end piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, a focus on constructive political dialogues could be a good place to start politics Article 1258 words, published Nov 1 2022 5 votes
Why Denmark is voting on its defence relationship with the EU – and what it says about democracy in Europe politics Article 931 words 5 votes
NATO troops conducted a routine war exercise in the Arctic. This year felt different Article 735 words 7 votes
The US has had a military presence in Greenland since 1941. A young new leader wants much more politics Article 9 votes
A not-so-modest proposal to nationalize the defense industry politics Article 1672 words, published Jun 15 2020 15 votes
One year since the Turkish invasion of Rojava: An interview with Tekoşîna Anarşîst politics Article 13 855 words, published Oct 11 2020 7 votes
Germany has woken up to a problem of far-right extremism in its elite special forces. But the threat of neo-Nazi infiltration of state institutions is much broader politics Article 3311 words 12 votes
How Trump corrupts everyone around him; For most of Trump’s aides, the only good move is not to play politics Article 571 words 6 votes
The guardrails are off the US Military: It’s no longer guaranteed that the Pentagon will resist unlawful orders from the President. And the rot is deeper than you think politics Article 839 words 20 votes
Charles Koch has spent a fortune pushing the American government to the right. Now his foundation is promoting a vision of US power shared by many progressives: restraint politics Article 2963 words 4 votes
US patriotic correctness will doom us all – Drew Magary on the Trump administration’s troopification of everything politics Article 1957 words 8 votes
Beto O’Rourke’s “war tax” is classic Democratic militarism politics Article 1063 words, published Jun 25 2019 9 votes
Secrets and lies at Guantanamo Bay: Listening devices, FBI informants, and gag orders… these are just some of the ways that the US is mishandling classified information in the Al Qaeda trials Article 2139 words 5 votes