Security & Conflict
Killing Machines: How AI-Powered Autonomous Weapons Are Changing Modern Warfare
While machines designed to fight like soldiers may seem like a fiction, many companies are striving to make them a reality. A market has...
China Recalibrates Military Outreach, Strengthening Officer Training for Africa and Arab States
Following the Gaza War, China, through the leadership of the Central Military Commission “CMC” and the National Defense University of the People's Liberation Army...
France Calls for NATO Exercise in Greenland Amid Escalating Transatlantic Tensions
Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, has become a major geopolitical flashpoint as U.S. President Donald Trump intensifies his push to acquire the Arctic...
NATO’s cracks that will never heal
Whether Trump ever invades Greenland or not is almost beside the point. The damage is already done. The sentence has been spoken, the thought...
China Weighs In on Egypt–Israel Intelligence Coordination
The period between 2025 and 2026 witnessed a significant increase in the level and scope of intelligence, military, and security cooperation between the Egyptian...
Governing the Unseen: AI, Dual-Use Biology, and the Illusion of Control
The most important security threats of the twenty-first century do not announce themselves anymore by troop movements or missile tests. They appear noiselessly, in...
Russian Cyberwarfare Doctrine and America’s Counterstrategy
Since the mid 1990s, the Russian Federation has used various forms of cyberwarfare against the U.S. as part of its “information confrontation strategy.” This...
Beijing’s View of Egypt’s Intelligence Chief and Cairo’s Role in Gaza
China views Major General Hassan Rashad, the current head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate under President “Abdel Fattah El-Sisi”, as a pivotal figure...
“It Will Be Done”: Trump Doubles Down on Greenland and Tests the Atlantic Alliance
U.S. President Donald Trump has escalated his rhetoric over Greenland, declaring that Denmark has failed to address a supposed “Russian threat” to the Arctic...
The Wrong Wings: Why Chinese Jet Fighter Is a Strategic Misfit for Indonesia
The modernization of the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) remains an unresolved and persistently unsatisfactory issue. Although the defense budget has seen incremental increases, an...