The university’s professional journal, Obrana a strategie (Defence and Strategy), has released its first issue of the year. It features eleven peer-reviewed articles focusing on current security and defence issues, addressing—among other topics—the transformation of European security policy, burden sharing within NATO, the development of the war in Ukraine, the security environment in the Sahel, the cyber resilience of public administration, and the motivation of Czech military students...

On Thursday, 25 June, Rector-Commandant Brigadier General Jan Farlík, members of the permanent staff, and around forty students of the University of Defence attended a lecture and subsequent discussion with Stephen R. Covington at Prague Castle. Covington is an American analyst and security adviser specializing in Russian military strategy, military thinking, and international security. For three decades, he served as a strategic and security adviser to NATO’s senior...