Europe needs smart rearmament

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “If Europe wants to avoid war, Europe must get ready for war,” Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, said in March. Most European countries have finally confronted the need to spend big on … Read more

German defence start-up plans underwater drones for naval surveillance

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. European defence technology start-up Helsing has unveiled plans for a fleet of unmanned mini submarines that it claims will greatly enhance naval surveillance, at a time of rising threats to ships and critical ocean infrastructure. … Read more

How Turkey became vital to European security

It was feted as a military “first” and a return to the Imperial glories of the 16th century when the Ottoman navy, led by Admiral Hayreddin “Red Beard” Barbarossa, dominated the Black Sea and Mediterranean. A one-tonne TB3 attack drone last month took off from a Turkish-made aircraft carrier and, after a short mission, landed … Read more

‘You’re going to have to throw a lot against the wall before you figure out what sticks’

Marc Benioff, the co-founder and chief executive of $262bn software giant Salesforce, always has a lot to say. The decabillionaire is Silicon Valley’s arch salesman and a ubiquitous figure in San Francisco. His 61-storey tower dominates the skyline and Dreamforce annual conference takes over the city for a week in September, where he is flanked … Read more