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Geopolitics / Middle East / North America

Tentative Ceasefire Takes Hold Following Iran’s Retaliatory Strikes

June 24, 2025 - by Shaun McDougall

A fragile ceasefire appears to be holding between Iran and Israel following a period of escalating violence, culminating in a covert U.S. strike on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. In the days …

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Featured / Geopolitics / Middle East

Operation Midnight Hammer: U.S. Strikes Iranian Nuclear Sites

June 23, 2025June 23, 2025 - by Derek Bisaccio

Just over a week after Israel began Operation Rising Lion, a major air campaign against Iran, the U.S. carried out its own series of strikes on Iran on Saturday night, …

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Featured / Geopolitics

A New Era of Global Defense Spending: Key Trends and What’s Ahead

June 13, 2025June 13, 2025 - by Forecast International

Global defense spending surged by 8.1% in 2024, reaching an unprecedented $2.3 trillion as governments worldwide respond to a rapidly evolving security landscape. From Eastern Europe to the Indo-Pacific, nations …

A New Era of Global Defense Spending: Key Trends and What’s Ahead Read More
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Geopolitics / North America

Canada Plans to Hit NATO Defense Spending Target Early, Shift Focus from U.S.

June 12, 2025 - by Shaun McDougall

Canada plans to meet NATO’s goal of spending two percent of GDP on defense this year, seven years earlier than planned, Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a speech Monday. …

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Europe / Featured / Geopolitics

Transformative or Mirage? Examining the U.K. Strategic Defense Review

June 4, 2025June 4, 2025 - by Daniel Darling

On Monday, June 2, the British government released a new Strategic Defence Review (SDR), the first such review implemented by a Labor government since 1998. It arrives at a time …

Transformative or Mirage? Examining the U.K. Strategic Defense Review Read More
Featured / Geopolitics

South Korea Pitches $18 Billion Submarine & Arms Deal to Canada Amid US Tensions

May 21, 2025May 23, 2025 - by Tom Freebairn

Earlier this month, news broke that a trio of South Korean companies had teamed to make an ambitious offer to the Canadian armed forces. The deal: CAN20 to 24 billion …

South Korea Pitches $18 Billion Submarine & Arms Deal to Canada Amid US Tensions Read More
Geopolitics / North America

Carney Wins as U.S. Trade War Reshapes Canadian Politics

May 1, 2025May 23, 2025 - by Shaun McDougall

Canada’s federal election delivered a win for Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberal Party, which secured 169 seats, just shy of the 172 needed to form a majority government. …

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Europe / Featured / Geopolitics

Tariff Tussle Adds Headache to European Defense Spending Plans

April 17, 2025May 22, 2025 - by Derek Bisaccio

Europe has been dealing with a case of whiplash since the start of the second Trump administration, as President Donald Trump aims to rewrite the nature of U.S.-Europe relations. Since …

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Featured / Geopolitics

Trump, Tariffs and Defense

April 14, 2025April 14, 2025 - by Larry Dickerson

President Donald Trump imposed retaliatory tariffs on imports from U.S. trading partners, arguing that existing foreign tariffs negatively impact U.S. manufacturers and employment. The intricate nature of global trade, characterized …

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Featured / Geopolitics

Beyond 2%: NATO’s Defense Budget Shift – Webcast

April 1, 2025April 1, 2025 - by Forecast International

The global defense landscape is evolving, and NATO is at a pivotal moment. With discussions intensifying around raising the defense spending benchmark from 2% to 5% of GDP, this potential …

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Forecast International’s International Military Markets service provides a country-by-country examination of the military capabilities, equipment requirements, and inventories of over 120 nations. The individual country reports are structured to condense a vast range of information into concise segments. Governmental and political structures, political and economic trends, national and defense budgets, force structures, military planning requirements, recent and future procurements, the security environment, threat assessments, and military postures – all are detailed in these six services broken out by region (click each title for more details).

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