Security & Conflict
Canada Backs $116 Billion Global Defence Bank to Finance Allied Rearmament
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney supports a new global defense bank called the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB), which aims to help allied...
Can Russia’s Security-for-Resources Model Defeat Terrorism in West Africa?
The Confederation of Sahel States (Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger) increasingly use a security-for-resources barter model for fighting against growing terrorism in West Africa....
NATO Has No Article for This: What Greenland Reveals About Alliance Law’s Blind Spot
On 11 February, NATO launched Arctic Sentry — Swedish Gripen jets patrolling Greenlandic airspace, German Eurofighters overhead, nine flags behind a single new command....
Nuclear Escalation Scenarios: Impact Of American and Russian “Firebreak” Theories on Israeli Security Doctrine
“Theory is a net. Only those who cast, can catch.”- Karl Popper, The Logic of Scientific Discovery (1959)
In assessing Israel’s nuclear deterrence and escalation...
CIA Staff Exodus: How China Is Exploiting the Crisis to Recruit U.S. Intelligence Talent
Chinese media and intelligence are closely following the exodus of the American Central Intelligence Agency CIA personnel, particularly the months-long wait for new retirees...
US Warns Over Huawei’s AI Data Center Offer to Egypt for Military and Surveillance Uses
Chinese Huawei Technologies Company has submitted a formal bid to the Egyptian government to establish advanced artificial intelligence (AI) data centers for various government...
The Russia-China-North Korea defense partnership
Understanding global geopolitics is complicated and challenging, especially today. Governments have complex relationships with each other at both the bilateral and multilateral levels. This...
There’s No Neutral Sensor Left in the Arctic — Here’s What That Means for NATO and China
On 6 June 2026, the NATO research vessel Alliance slipped out of La Spezia, Italy, bound for the High North. Its mission, Task Force...
Egypt and China’s 2026 Military Drills: What They Mean for US and Israeli Security
The second iteration of the joint air exercise Eagles of Civilization 2026 commenced on the Egyptian lands in August 2026, involving the Egyptian and...
Is Washington Quietly Resetting Its Approach to Ending the War in Ukraine?
Land can be surrendered only once. A security guarantee can be reconsidered whenever a government changes or another war demands Washington’s attention. This becomes...