EU Security Shuffle: Brussels Abandons Defence Group as Arctic Policy Lags Behind

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas suffered a sharp political defeat this week when she was forced to scrap a newly announced high‑level defence advisory group after member states revolted. The group, unveiled just days earlier at an informal defence ministers meeting in Ireland, was meant to bring together political and military leaders to design “out‑of‑the‑box solutions” for Europe’s lagging defence capabilities. The abrupt cancellation—announced Sunday afternoon—left a...