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Defense Briefing

The global security situation has deteriorated dramatically in March 2026: the US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran and Iranian retaliatory attacks have triggered an uncontrolled escalation spiral in the Middle East, while simultaneously the Russia-Ukraine war is gaining new intensity and Ukraine is recapturing territory on a large scale for the first time. Europe is responding with massive rearmament (21% of global military spending) and strategic realignment (French nuclear guarantee, Nordic NATO integration), but also signaling growing independence from the US. At the same time, state cyber operations against critical infrastructure are escalating globally, while traditional military and hybrid threats are converging – a security policy environment of unprecedented complexity and immediate risk.