Day: February 20, 2026

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Germany’s Risky Break With The Great Powers

Germany’s prosperity rested on a carefully balanced triangle of relationships with the world’s major powers for decades. Cheap Russian energy fueled its industry, China absorbed its exports and integrated German firms into global growth, and the United States guaranteed security while anchoring Germany to the western political and economic order. […]

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Merz Casts Doubt On Europe’s Flagship Fighter Project FCAS

Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has publicly questioned the future of Europe’s most ambitious defense-industrial project: the Future Combat Air System (FCAS). His remarks have sent ripples through political and industrial circles in Berlin, Paris, and Madrid, raising fresh uncertainty about a program long seen as a cornerstone of European strategic […]