Author: Radoslaw Binkiewicz
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The Baltic Pivot
Facing Russian threats and Transatlantic rifts, Poland should make the Baltic Sea a pillar of its grand strategy: joining NB8 permanently, building a military partnership with Sweden, and reducing US arms reliance via cooperation with Sweden, Turkey and Ukraine, boosting deterrence and autonomy.
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Iranian Defence Industry
Iran built self-reliance in defence through autarky, reverse engineering, civil-military fusion, and dual-use tech, driven by sanctions pressure. This created an unbalanced system, both innovative and obsolete, pushing Iran toward asymmetric warfare, a doctrine seriously challenged in 2025.