Security & Conflict
How Iran’s Shadow Military Network Is Evading the US Blockade to Move Weapons and Equipment
Iran has developed a covert network of military agencies capable of global operations to import over $2 billion in military supplies, including hardware, explosives,...
North Korea Expands Drone and AI Weapons Programme as Tensions With South Korea Rise
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for absolute superiority in drone technology and faster integration of artificial intelligence into the country's weapons...
China’s Intelligence Exploits Syria’s Yemen Deployment to Target Uyghur Fighters
Political and media circles have been discussing reports and discussions surrounding Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa's proposal to transfer Syrian and foreign fighters (including Chinese...
Is the Nuclear Test Ban Collapsing? US, China and Russia in 2026
Thirty years after the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty opened for signature, the most consequential recent event in the life of the global testing moratorium produced...
China Warns of Foreign Espionage Disguised as Research as Authorities Uncover Cross-Border Smuggling Network
In early October 2026, the Chinese Ministry of State Security MSS (the intelligence agency) warned of escalating security and biological threats to national security,...
Saudi Arabia Expands Missile Plant, Raising Prospect of More Powerful Weapons, Study Finds
Saudi Arabia is expanding its ballistic missile factory to create larger solid-fuel missiles that can fly farther and carry heavier loads. Researchers from the...
Could Trump Still Meet Kim Jong Un This Year as Nuclear Talks Stall?
US and South Korean officials are increasingly doubtful that President Donald Trump will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before the end of...
Owning the Weapon Is No Longer Enough: Starlink and the New Military Sovereignty
One Hundred Miles an Hour
On the night of 14 October, Ukraine's military satellite link stopped working above 100 miles an hour. Ground units using...
An Existential Threat: Presidential Incoherence and Nuclear War
“The enemy is the unphilosophical spirit which knows nothing and wants to know nothing of truth.”- Karl Jaspers, Reason and Anti-Reason in Our Time...
Below the Threshold: Why the Black Sea Is NATO’s Hardest Flank to Defend
In little more than a week, three merchant ships have gone to the bottom of the Black Sea inside the exclusive economic zones of...