Due to Ukrainian drone attacks on oil infrastructure, Russia could deploy reservists for drone defense. Critics fear that they could also be deployed for other tasks, including on the front line.
By Viktor Funk
Get to know the Top 100 of the Table 2025: the 100 key figures in the security scene. Selected by the Security.Table editorial team in ten categories, from politics, companies, consulting, associations, think tanks to foundations, science, NGOs and society. Today: Associations.
By Redaktion Table
Humanitarian budgets around the world are shrinking. This is particularly dramatic in Sudan, where millions of people are in need. The German Red Cross is calling for sufficient access and more financial support.
By Lisa-Martina Klein
Karl-Heinz Kamp, Associate Fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), calls for a modern nuclear strategy for NATO and the regular practice of procedures in the event of a nuclear escalation.
By Karl-Heinz Kamp
In its Enlargement Report, the Commission for the first time clearly criticizes developments in Serbia. The report is to be adopted on Tuesday. The progress made in Montenegro and Albania, the model pupils among the candidate countries in the Balkans, is praised positively.
By Stephan Israel
The SPD and CDU/CSU parliamentary groups are dissatisfied with the Federal Ministry of Defense’s formulation aid for the new military service. An agreement between parliamentarians and the ministry is not yet in sight, according to the Bundestag.
By Wilhelmine Stenglin
After a long wait, the Federal Ministry of Defense plans to present an AI concept at the end of the year. The new concept defines AI as a “key technology” and is intended to clarify the extent to which autonomous weapon systems are allowed to operate without human control.
By Nana Brink
The Ministry of the Interior wants to present a shelter concept at the Interior Ministers’ Conference at the beginning of December. Local authorities are to equip shelters with federal funds from 2026. A total of around EUR 165 million has been earmarked until 2029.
By Lisa-Martina Klein
If Federal Minister of the Interior Alexander Dobrindt has his way, children and young people are to be prepared at school for crises in future – two hours per year. There is criticism from experts and school representatives.
By Malte Neumann
