Europe Must Rearm As New Threats Loom, German Defense Minister Says

Europe must race to ensure it can better defend itself as new military threats could emerge by the end of the decade even as the focus of security ally the United States shifts toward the Indo-Pacfic, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said. Russia is hiking its weapons production considerably to sustain its invasion of Ukraine, while also threatening the Baltic states, Georgia, and Moldova, Pistorius told Welt am Sonntag. "We Europeans must engage more to ensure security on our own continent," said Pistorius, noting, however, that it would take time for the region to increase its own weapons production.