Defense
Ghost Murmur Weapon System: Technology, Strategy and US Military Supremacy
In my last analysis titled “The Weapon We Haven’t Seen Yet,” I argued that the US-Iran confrontation is actually a weapon testing ground, setting...
CSTO Is Right to Worry
The CSTO discussions in Dushanbe and the April 8 Afghanistan working group should not be dismissed as routine security theater. The organization is reacting...
When Washington Leaves: Africa Must Shape Its Own Security Architecture
For decades, Africa’s security architecture has rested on shaky foundations: a reliance on external actors, particularly the United States, to define, fund, and lead...
The Strait of Hormuz Blockade: A New US-China Flashpoint
Prior to Donald Trump’s Presidential order for the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, Israel’s recent attack on more than 100 places in Lebanon...
Australia’s Defence Strategy Looks to the Past While Future Threats Go Unanswered
Australia’s 2026 National Defence Strategy arrives at a moment of profound global instability, yet it reads more like a continuation of earlier thinking than...
Iran Repeats Thermopylae — But the War Goes On
The failed war between the United States and Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran has been paused, but is unlikely to be over...
When Arms Control Erodes: South Asia’s Rising Nuclear Stakes
In the past decade, global arms control regimes have slowly eroded. In 2019, the INF Treaty was abandoned, with each side accusing the other...
The Expiry of New START and the Signs of a Renewed Arms Race
The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), the last bilateral arms control accord between the U.S. and Russia, expired on 5th February 2026....
How Russia’s Network Collapse Exposes the Limits of Nuclear Deterrence
Russia holds a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, commands the world's largest nuclear arsenal, and occupies a landmass spanning eleven time...
The Indian Ocean as Fragmented Maritime Space: Why It Never Spoke as One
The US sinking of the Iranian warship IRIS Dena off Sri Lanka on 4 March was not just another incidents in the widening West...