No Time to Spare: Irish Defense and Security in 2025

Two years ago, we wrote in these pages about the sorry state of Irish defense and security that, we have on good authority, prompted a question on the matter to the then Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar when he visited the Biden White House on St. Patrick’s Day in 2023. This was exactly our hope. Following the March 12 visit of the Taoiseach to the Trump White House for St. Patrick’s Day — which proved an exercise in saying very little about national security — we provide an update on Irish progress toward closing its considerable defense and security gaps, what The post No Time to Spare: Irish Defense and Security in 2025 appeared first on War on the Rocks.

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No Time to Spare: Irish Defense and Security in 2025

Two years ago, we wrote in these pages about the sorry state of Irish defense and security that, we have on good authority, prompted a question on the matter to the then Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar when he visited the Biden White House on St. Patrick’s Day in 2023. This was exactly our hope. Following the March 12 visit of the Taoiseach to the Trump White House for St. Patrick’s Day — which proved an exercise in saying very little about national security — we provide an update on Irish progress toward closing its considerable defense and security gaps, what

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