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Daniel Michaels

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ARTICLES BY DANIEL MICHAELS

Finland dominates icebreaker tech due to Arctic expertise, offering speed and cost-efficiency as nations eye the thawing north. (Image: Bloomberg)

To dominate the Arctic, Trump needs ice-breaking ships. Finland wants to help.

5 min read . 12 May 2025

Iceland, a NATO member without a military, balances US/Europe ties amid Arctic tensions and considers EU membership. (Image: AFP)

The NATO country with no military gets serious about defence

5 min read . 27 Apr 2025

NATO forces during a training exercise in February. Photo: Daniel Mihailescu/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

Trump wants NATO to spend more. Europe pitches redefining defense to get there.

5 min read . 01 Apr 2025

Dutch Navy ship HNLMS Luymes operates as part of NATO’s Baltic Sentry mission near Poland’s Gdynia harbor. (Photo: Marzena Skubatz for WSJ)

How NATO patrols the sea for suspected Russian sabotage

5 min read . 31 Mar 2025

Europe weighs nuclear deterrent as U.S. commitment wavers, France leads talks on independent security umbrella. (Image: AFP)

Trump prompts European calls for a homegrown nuclear umbrella

10 min read . 25 Mar 2025

NATO's latest drills near Ukraine highlight Europe's growing role in defense amid U.S. uncertainty.

How Europe’s military stacks up against Russia without US support

6 min read . 13 Mar 2025

Traditional Russian wooden dolls called Matryoshka depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping. (AP Photo)

Two small adversaries of Russia and China are swapping notes to survive

6 min read . 02 Mar 2025

French President Emmanuel Macron waves after an informal summit of European leaders to discuss the situation in Ukraine. European leaders were due to meet in Paris on February 17, 2025 to address Washington's shock policy shift on the war in Ukraine, as Britain declared itself ready to dispatch peacekeeping troops to Ukraine. (Photo: AFP)

European capitals clash over Ukraine as Trump makes overtures to Putin

6 min read . 19 Feb 2025

A plane carrying Vice President JD Vance arrived in Paris on Monday. (AP)

Trump’s team takes its fight to a wary Europe

7 min read . 10 Feb 2025

President-elect Donald Trump raised the prospect of forcibly taking over Canada and Greenland. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Trump’s NATO vision spells trouble for the alliance

5 min read . 09 Jan 2025

A Ukrainian specialist modifies a drone at a military base in eastern Ukraine.

Ukraine advances killer robot drones with more automation, efficiency

7 min read . 01 Jan 2025

China is the dominant force in both shipping and shipbuilding. (AFP)

Fear that China rules the waves jolts US to pursue maritime revival

8 min read . 30 Dec 2024

Secrecy and mistrust have long impeded intelligence-sharing among Nato allies. (REUTERS)

As Russia and China rewrite rules of war, NATO adapts its game plan

5 min read . 08 Dec 2024

The USS Chosin, a guided-missile cruiser, sails alongside the larger USNS Washington Chambers, during testing of a new method of resupplying ships at sea. Photo: U.S. Navy

China tensions prompt US Navy race to reload missiles at sea

5 min read . 02 Dec 2024

Ukraine will still rely on Western allies for advanced weapons such as Patriot surface-to-air interceptor missiles. (AP)

Europe can’t make Ukraine enough weapons—So it’s paying Kyiv to do it

6 min read . 26 Nov 2024

Virginia-based Auterion tests its systems for drones near Kyiv, Ukraine.

Killer robots are about to fill Ukrainian skies

1 min read . 16 Nov 2024

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump stands on stage with former first lady Melania Trump, as Lara Trump watches, at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center on 6 November 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (AP)

America’s friends and foes brace for a new world under Trump

6 min read . 06 Nov 2024

Israel launched a retaliatory strike against Iran, responding to the 1 October missile barrage that Tehran sent across Israel. ((AFP/Getty Images))

Israel’s strike on Iran also hit Russian arms industry’s once-strong image

4 min read . 28 Oct 2024

China’s Xi Jinping has called on officials and citizens to ward off threats to the country’s interests, leading to a sweeping information-gathering effort. Photo: Adek Berry/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

Scale of Chinese spying overwhelms Western governments

7 min read . 14 Oct 2024

Part of the Gustav Klimt frieze in the mansion’s dining room.

A mysterious mansion, a family feud and a locked-away Klimt masterpiece

4 min read . 02 Oct 2024