[DPL] Policy

DPL | Policy is the lens on what a single European state decides about its own defence — national security strategies, budgets and spending laws, white papers, and the ministerial and parliamentary decisions behind them. The altitude is domestic: how a government sets its own course and funds it. Multilateral programmes sit in the NATO & EU theatre [INT], agreements between states in [DIP], and the American dimension in [ATL].

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France Adds €36 Billion to 2024–2030 Military Law; 2,500 km Ballistic Missile Studies Launched; Nuclear Arsenal to Expand post image

France Adds €36 Billion to 2024–2030 Military Law; 2,500 km Ballistic Missile Studies Launched; Nuclear Arsenal to Expand

Germany Quietly Reactivates §3 Wehrpflichtgesetz Travel-Approval Authority over Male Nationals 17–45 post image

Germany Quietly Reactivates §3 Wehrpflichtgesetz Travel-Approval Authority over Male Nationals 17–45

All 32 NATO Members Meet 2% of GDP Defence-Spending Threshold for the First Time; Combined Spending Tops $1.4 Trillion in 2025 post image

All 32 NATO Members Meet 2% of GDP Defence-Spending Threshold for the First Time; Combined Spending Tops $1.4 Trillion in 2025

Perspectives: The Case for Berlin post image

Perspectives: The Case for Berlin

Industrial Deterrence: Germany’s €377 B Experiment in Defence Governance post image

Industrial Deterrence: Germany’s €377 B Experiment in Defence Governance

Poland’s Homeland Defence Act 2025: NATO’s Eastern Anchor Becomes Operational post image

Poland’s Homeland Defence Act 2025: NATO’s Eastern Anchor Becomes Operational

Germany’s Hybrid Threat Posture: Toward a Strategic Intelligence Picture post image

Germany’s Hybrid Threat Posture: Toward a Strategic Intelligence Picture

Will Europe Hijack NATO's Architecture to Build Its Own Strategic Pillar? post image

Will Europe Hijack NATO's Architecture to Build Its Own Strategic Pillar?

Europe’s Defense Under NATO’s Five‑Percent Doctrine: Scenarios & Execution Risks post image

Europe’s Defense Under NATO’s Five‑Percent Doctrine: Scenarios & Execution Risks

From Zeitenwende to Capability: Turning the 2025 Peace Report into a European Defense Plan post image

From Zeitenwende to Capability: Turning the 2025 Peace Report into a European Defense Plan

Germany Adds Third Defense Secretary Amid Budget Push post image

Germany Adds Third Defense Secretary Amid Budget Push

EO 14267 and the Procurement Divide: U.S. Acquisition Law vs. Europe’s Defense Frameworks post image

EO 14267 and the Procurement Divide: U.S. Acquisition Law vs. Europe’s Defense Frameworks