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The week: An eagle has finally landed. Is it too late?
Defense modernization in slow motion, GDP crawls up towards EU average and a Discoverer+ supercomputer

The Zhelyazkov cabinet program: familiar intentions but nothing reformist
Among the novelties is that the government now aims to increase military spending to 2.5% of GDP

The week: Bulgarian politicians "flip the pancake"
Sofia cozies up to the new US administration, F-16 bill swells further and Energy Exchange gets a new boss

Paying the Trump military tax: What weapons systems could Bulgaria buy from the US?
Borissov's tripartite coalition will probably try to please the US once again with new defense deals

The ‘Trump Effect’ on Bulgaria's Economy: Too Early for Panic
Bulgarian manufacturers are likely to feel the impact of potential U.S. tariffs indirectly—through their integration into European supply chains

The week: The worst believers in the world, A historical debacle, John Malkovich enrages Bulgarian writers
K Insights Newsletter 25/10

Air inferiority: The botched repair of the Graf Ignatievo airstrip
Due to the lack of an overall vision and the questionable capacity of the companies hired, the revamp of the airbase may not be completed when the F-16 fighters arrive

The week: Gooood morning Vietnam!
Back in Vietnam, We are not harassing Austria, Why is Sofia lonely

Another parliament bites the dust. What did it accomplish?
The 48th National Assembly will be remembered for the laws it failed to pass rather than for any meaningful breakthroughs

Bulgaria tables another army modernization plan, but relies on allies to plug holes
Spanish aircraft and Italian ground troops to reinforce NATO’s flank in the country

Beating plowshares back into swords
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine might finally prompt the rearmament of Bulgaria’s military which has all but stalled in the past three decades