US disengagement, increased defence spending, support for Ukraine, the war in Tehran. NATO’s most senior Italian official explains the strategy for reinventing Western defence. “Italy? Doing well, but further efforts are needed.” Interview

The admiral’s speech at Med-Or Day turns the narrative on the Russian threat on its head: if Moscow is currently avoiding a clash with NATO, it is not because it does not pose a threat, but because the Alliance remains strong enough to make aggression too costly

Cavo Dragone reminds the forgetful just how Putin is threatening Europe