German men of fighting age must ask the army for permission to leave the country for more than three months, under new rules ...

Fresh new regulations now compel men aged between 17 and 45 across Germany to get formal authorisation before departing for ...

Germany once terrorised Europe, but now Europe is welcoming a resurgent German military.

Germany is preparing for a substantial increase in defence spending as part of its Rearmament Plan, with the country’s political leadership aiming to bolster European security in response to the ...

A Leopard II battle tank is on display to advertise for joining the German army Bundeswehr at the Essen Motor Show in Essen, Germany, Friday, December 1, 2023. [AP Photo/Martin Meissner] Germany’s ...

Germany’s Rearmament, With Sophia Besch Sophia Besch, a senior fellow in the Europe Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss Germany’s ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attends a press conference after talks with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the Chancellery on May 14, 2025 in Berlin. Credit - Nadja Wohlleben/Getty Images ...

Europe is gradually getting the message: given the threat posed by Russia, its armies, navies and air forces must be the recipients of more spending to rearm and modernize. The continent must be ready ...

There is no way that Germany will be able to achieve its existing mobilization and rearmament goals as currently stated—but cheap and effective naval drones could provide an alternative. Indeed, ...