War has always been the inevitable result of human mismanagement of conflicts. War has many faces and facets, and we all tend to experience it at some point in our daily interactions, although most of us are as lucky as to still live in the safety of our homes. My thoughts are with all those who are now involved in a real war, the Many among civilians and soldiers undergoing bombardments, facing violence and deprivation of their basic human rights as a consequence of the dis

NATO ships have recently trained alongside the world’s largest warship, the USS Gerald R. Ford, in the Mediterranean Sea. In a show of strength and commitment to international security, the NATO ships worked closely with the United States Navy to perform a range of drills and exercises. The USS Gerald R. Ford is the first of a new class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and is the largest warship ever built. It is capable of hosting up to 90 aircraft and carries an arsenal

Since the dawn of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949, its member states have worked together to protect the shared airspace of the Baltic Sea. On May 12, 2023, the Allies continued to demonstrate their commitment to this effort by participating in a joint exercise to guard the skies of the Baltic Sea. The exercise, codenamed “Baltic Guardian”, was conducted by NATO’s Baltic Air Policing (BAP) mission. The mission saw the joint participation of air forces fr