Nothing gets NATO countries in Europe more excited than pretending that they’re gearing up for a fight with Russia.
Category: TRENDS IN GEOPOLITICS – Sep 16 2025
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RHEINMETALL HEAD WANTS MORE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT IN ANTI-DRONE TECHNOLOGY
Armin Papperger, the CEO of German weapons giant Rheinmetall, said in an interview last week that European countries should rush to invest in anti-drone capabilities after Russia’s alleged airspace violation over Poland because a strong deterrence can be affordable and effective.
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IRAN SAYS MISSING ENRICHED URANIUM IS SOMEWHERE UNDER THE RUBBLE
Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister, said last week that the approximately 900 pounds of missing enriched uranium, which can make six nuclear weapons, is buried under the rubble after the U.S.’s bombing of its nuclear enrichment facilities and said it is unclear if the stockpile can be retrieved.
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DOUBLE TROUBLE: ROMANIA FOLLOWS POLAND, SAYS RUSSIAN DRONE ENTERED ITS AIRSPACE
Romania said it scrambled fighter jets late Saturday after its military detected a Russian drone inside its airspace just days after Poland said it shot down drones from Russia near its border region.
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INDONESIA’S PRESIDENT MOVES TO APPEASE PROTESTERS AFTER DEADLY CLASHES OVER INEQUALITY
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, who has recently faced major protests over frustrations about the country’s inequality, has moved to remedy the crisis by attempting to meet some of the key demands by the demonstrators.
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NATO USES ALLEGED RUSSIAN DRONE INCURSION IN POLAND AS EXCUSE TO INTENSIFY WAR RHETORIC
NATO members used Poland’s engagement with Russian drones near its border last week as an example of why it needs to fortify its defenses in its eastern flank after Donald Tusk, the Polish prime minister, said the incident is the “closest we have been to open conflict” since the end of WWII.
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WAR IS BIG BUSINESS: MILITARY TECH STARTUPS IN EUROPE SEE BIG INVESTMENTS
Investments in European companies that focus on military technologies have seen a significant acceleration since the start of the Ukraine War as countries turn to surveillance and drone warfare to counter what they see as a looming threat from Russia.
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AS FORECAST: UKRAINE STRIKES MAJOR OIL REFINERY IN RUSSIA
Ukraine launched another drone attack on Russia in the overnight hours Saturday into Sunday and struck the Kirishi refinery in the Leningrad region, which produces 355,000 barrels of crude per day and is one of the country’s most important oil refineries.
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NEW WORLD DISORDER: FRANCE HIT WITH ‘BLOCK EVERYTHING’ PROTESTS OVER SPENDING CUTS
Hundreds of thousands of protesters across France clashed with police and attempted to interfere with normal traffic over the government’s plan to cut €44 billion in spending to rein in its ballooning budget deficit and debt load.