NATO Drones, US-Israel AI, and Europe's US Tech Breakup
June 9, 2026
NATO jets intercepting Russian electronic-warfare drones over Latvia signals Ukraine's spillover into Baltic airspace, while US Congress pushes permanent AI integration with Israeli defense systems and US-Taiwan joint operations reveal deep interoperability failures. Simultaneously, European governments and companies are actively decoupling from US Big Tech, fracturing the digital alliances that underpin Western military and economic coordination.
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Trump Started a War He Can’t Control
He wants to end the Iran war. But Iran, Israel, and Hezbollah have other ideas.
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- structural power
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NATO jets shoot down drone over Latvia, extending Ukraine spillover fears
The drone entered Latvian airspace due to 'Russian electronic warfare', the military says.
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- structural power
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Congress Is Trying to Permanently Integrate U.S. and Israeli Defense Tech
A proposal to entwine U.S. and Israeli tech in AI and autonomous systems is controversial — and closely resembles a pro-Israel bill that died earlier this year. The post Congress Is Trying to Permanently Integrate U.S. and Israeli Defense Tech appeared first on The Intercept.
- structural power
- geopolitics
- OSINT methodology
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The U.S. and Taiwanese Militaries Can’t Really Fight Together
A joint campaign to defend the island would struggle to operate effectively.
- geopolitics
- structural power
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Modern warfare aspires to be pan-domain. What does that mean for western militaries?
Canada and its allies use many terms to describe how military operations are conducted. These terms are not interchangeable. They fall along a spectrum of complexity, integration, domains and the number of entities involved. At one end are operations confined to a single service — the army, navy or…
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All the Ways Europe Is Ditching American Technology
A WIRED timeline shows how dozens of governments, companies, and other organizations across Europe are moving, or planning to shift, away from US Big Tech.