Security & Conflict
China Tests ‘Iron Triangle’ System to Counter Drone Swarms in Major Military Exercise
The Chinese Iron Triangle system is the latest integrated air defense system unveiled by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLAAF) in October 2026 to...
North Korea’s New Missile Threat: What It Means for China, Taiwan and US Defenses
The intelligence and data centers, the Academy of Military Sciences, the Rocket Force, and the intelligence, military, and security apparatus of the People's Liberation...
NATO Is Winning the War Russia Isn’t Fighting
On 23 September, a Russian Mi-8 helicopter flying from Kaliningrad crossed into Polish airspace north of the town of Braniewo, penetrated roughly 300 metres...
McNamara’s Lessons for the Drone Age
Before Robert McNamara became US secretary of defense, he belonged to a generation of analysts who attempted to understand warfare through the lens of...
Pakistan’s Military Expands Gulf Role as Parliament Sits on the Sidelines
Eleven years after Pakistan decided against joining a Saudi-led intervention in Yemen, the country has now agreed to send more forces to Saudi Arabia...
Ban Keun and the Quiet Expansion of China’s Overseas Military Bases
A Runway Next Door to Wing 23
In August, Chinese J-10C and J-11 fighters and an airborne early-warning aircraft spent eleven days flying out of...
Suspected Iran Plot Targeting Fairford Airbase: What Happened?
The United States has taken its fleet of bombers away from a British airbase following the arrest of five men suspected of planning terrorist...
What Happened to China’s Supposed Trade ‘Superweapon’ LOGINK?
Four years ago, US officials warned that China was developing a potential strategic advantage over one of the most important systems underpinning the global...
Three Failed NPT Conferences: Is the Nuclear Order Shifting From Rules to Security Alliances?
Three consecutive review conferences have now ended without consensus. When delegates to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference gathered in New York earlier...
Pakistan Is Becoming the Gulf’s Security Provider
Chinese Missiles, Pakistani Crews, Saudi Oil
At King Abdulaziz Air Base in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, the air defences guarding the kingdom against Houthi and...