The Sentinel Weekly: America unbound
Plus tanker seizures, UAE-Ukraine investment, Belgian air defence and more
The American operation to capture NicolΓ‘s Maduro was not as unusual as we like to think.
But for the first time, we have a US president who doesn't see Europe as an ally - and is just as willing as his predecessors to use force.
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Op-ed: For interoperability lessons, look up
The regulatory environment that created Airbus should be replicated on land
Europe's fragmented arms industry is much more pronounced on land than in the air, with companies like Airbus showing what cross-border integration could look like, writes Aurora d'Auria from Finabel in this guest op-ed: open.substack.com/pub/thesenti...
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The Sentinel Weekly: It wonβt be over by Christmas
Plus assets talks, more naval drone strikes, FCAS squabbling and more
Regardless of what happens in Brussels today, the Ukrainians will fight on.
But that doesn't mean the rest of Europe is safe. History is full of aggressors who opened a second front after getting stalemated on the first. They tend eventually to lose.
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Op-ed: FCAS squabble is unfit for a new era
The Franco-German turf war embodies Europeβs strategic failure
The Franco-German squabble over the FCAS fighter jet is a show of weakness just when Europe needs to be projecting strength, argues Martin Leng from the Brussels Institute for Geopolitics (@bigeurope.bsky.social) in this guest op-ed. www.the-sentinel.media/p/op-ed-fcas...
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The Sentinel Weekly: Europe wakes up
Plus FCAS crisis talks, another tanker strike, the risks of appeasement and more
Donald Trump's National Security Strategy has jolted Europeans from their strategic slumber - but perhaps not in the way the US president hoped for. Rather than falling into line as usual, European leaders have started to see the US itself as a destabilising force. open.substack.com/pub/thesenti...
12.12.2025 07:55 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Op-ed: The cost of failure
A Russian victory in Ukraine would reshape Europe
In this guest op-ed, Roland Freudenstein imagines the long-term effects of a bad peace with Russia, making the case for immediate assistance to Ukraine and an accelerated European rearmament. open.substack.com/pub/thesenti...
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The Sentinel Weekly: The tanker war
Plus Russian assets, UK-EU talks, European satellites and more
From the Black Sea to the coast of Senegal, cargo ships linked to Russia are being struck by mysterious explosions. Ukraine has claimed some of the attacks, and denied others. The Sentinel this week takes a look at what it could mean for global shipping.
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05.12.2025 16:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The Sentinel Weekly: With friends like these
Plus European diplomacy, frozen Russian assets, Polish submarines and more
The Russia-US peace plan for Ukraine has been a wake-up call for many in Europe. This week in The Sentinel, we look at how it could pave the way for future aggression against a NATO member. www.the-sentinel.media/p/the-sentin...
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