Security & Conflict
South Korea Probes Drone Incident After North Korea Airspace Claim
South Korean authorities have launched an investigation into allegations by North Korea that drones violated its airspace, with a particular focus on whether civilians...
Trump Weighs Tough Action as Iran Crackdown Intensifies
President Donald Trump said the United States is considering a range of strong responses to Iran’s violent crackdown on nationwide protests, including possible military...
Inside China’s Tel Aviv Playbook: Blocking Somaliland and Shielding Taiwan
Chinese intelligence agencies in Israel rely on exploiting slow and deep personal networks to recruit or gather information from Israeli military and economic experts...
Do not Forget that the War in Ukraine is under Overlapping Nuclear Umbrellas
Russian President Vladimir Putin confidently declared in late 2025 that Russia was winning its war in Ukraine and Moscow’s aims were entirely limited to...
When AI Meets the Battlespace: The U.S. Dilemma of Innovation, Risk, and Strategy
Artificial intelligence is not just coming to the battlefield; it is a full-scale structural change. From being sensors that change into decision nodes to...
Iran’s Rulers Face a Crisis of Legitimacy as Unrest Spreads
As anti-government protests spread rapidly across Iran, the country’s clerical establishment is confronting what analysts describe as a growing crisis of legitimacy at the...
A Fragile Truce: Israeli Strikes Kill 11 in Gaza After Failed Rocket Launch
Israeli air strikes killed at least 11 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, according to medical officials, underscoring the fragility of a ceasefire...
Last Russia-U.S. Nuclear Treaty Nears Expiry, Uncertainty Looms
Even at the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union negotiated a series of nuclear arms treaties to prevent...
Europe Seeks Alternatives to Tomahawks for its Deep Strike Capabilities
Gijs Tuinman, the Netherlands' State Secretary of Defence, recently challenged industry leaders to propose a domestic deep precision strike (DPS) cruise missile with a...
Republicans Deny ‘Endless War’ as U.S. Seizure of Maduro Sparks Political Storm
Republican lawmakers have pushed back against fears that the United States is sliding into another prolonged foreign conflict after U.S. forces carried out a...