For three decades, two systems trained a new generation of Balkan politicians. At the beginning of 2025, the American one almost disappeared within a few months. The European network, meanwhile, announced a new intake.

The belief that Ukraine’s success in controlling units and unmanned aircraft is owed to the American Starlink satellite constellation is only partly justified. The architecture is more complex, and it may also offer lessons for the armies of the Balkan

Nothing but sheer personal interest can justify a common political front in which there is one person for whom Ratko Mladić is a hero and another for whom Mladić is a criminal. Are such unprincipled political fronts lying in wait