What Russia Is Doing to Grab Ukrainian Land While It Still Can

As negotiations over the war carry on, President Vladimir V. Putin is pushing hard with tactics that have evolved over three and a half years.

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A Pay Raise for Canada’s Military to Boost Recruitment and Retention

Canada’s top military commander, however, says other measures will also be needed to keep people enlisted.

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Denmark Begins Drafting Women as Russian Threat Looms

The Nordic country for the first time has extended a lottery for compulsory military service to women in its latest move to expand its armed forces.

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Germany Wants Recruits. But ‘No One Wants Their Children in the Army.’

Given the country’s past, cultural resistance to becoming a soldier is high. Can leaders change minds to meet a changing world?

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Germany to Spend Record Amount on Its Military and Infrastructure

The increase was announced hours before a NATO meeting during which member countries are expected to agree to raise military spending to 5 percent of their G.D.P.

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Turning a Page, Germans Try Celebrating Their Recent Veterans

In a changed world, Germany’s government is trying to recruit more soldiers. A first step? Getting citizens to appreciate their military again.

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America’s Vietnam War Opponents Who Fled to Canada Reflect on the Past and Future

Some of the United States’ Vietnam War opponents found refuge in Canada. Fifty years after the end of the war, they’re still worried about the future.

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Women Soldiers Will Have to Pass ‘Sex-Neutral’ Physical Test, U.S. Army Says

The new Army Fitness Test comes after Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, ordered the elimination of lower fitness standards for women in combat roles.

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Israel’s Newest Army Recruits: the Ultra-Orthodox

Israel’s Newest Army Recruits: the Ultra-Orthodox

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Trump Wants Europe to Defend Itself. Here’s What It Would Take.

Replacing what the Americans do for the NATO alliance would take money, personnel, time and cooperation. None of those are easy.

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