A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
Canada can be added to the growing list of countries that have pledged to increase defense spending in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Ottawa released a 2022 budget …
Canada Outlines Plan to Increase Defense Spending and Conduct a New Defense Policy Review Read More
Finland’s five-party government has announced an agreement to supplement its defense budgetary outlays with an additional EUR2 billion ($2.19 billion) allocation. The agreement comes amidst a backdrop of Russia’s invasion …
Alarmed by Events in Ukraine, Finland Agrees to Defense Spending Top-Up Read More
Canada has selected the F-35 to replace its fleet of aging CF-18 Hornet fighters. On March 28, Public Services and Procurement Canada announced the government was entering contract negotiations with …
Canada Selects F-35 to Replace CF-18 Fleet…Again Read More
Vows to cut gas imports from Russia by two-thirds before end of 2022 by J. Kasper Oestergaard, European Correspondent, Forecast International. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has forced a reckoning over …
Europe and Natural Gas: EU Unveils Ambitious Plan to Reduce Energy Imports from Russia Read More
In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the imposition of far-reaching Western sanctions on the Russian aviation industry, global commercial aviation lessors have been plunged into a …
Russia Moves to Seize Leased Foreign Aircraft Read More
The launch of Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, represents a test for Europe. Will the comfortable, economically developed countries that formed the backbone of the European …
The Great European Defense Reset Now Begins Read More
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Boeing has suspended buying titanium from Russia. Titanium producer VSMPO-Avisma has been a Boeing partner and supplier of raw material and …
Boeing Halts Russian Titanium Buys Read More
By Derek Bisaccio, former FI International Military Markets – Eurasia analyst and guest blogger. In the morning hours of February 24, Russia launched a “special operation” in Ukraine, carrying out …
One Week In: The Russian Special Operation in Ukraine Read More
In the wake of the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine, Western governments and private sector corporations have levied unprecedented sanctions on the country that have foreclosed numerous avenues through …
Sanctions Foretell MRO Crisis for Russian Commercial Aviation Read More
With war raging in Ukraine, the Polish government is readying a procurement of an undisclosed number of MQ-9 Reaper medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) drones. The MQ-9 Reaper is capable of conducting …
Alarmed by Events in Ukraine, Poland Opts for Accelerated MQ-9 Reaper Purchase Read More