More: Defense
Europe Is Spending More on Defence. Can It Buy Together?
European countries spent €115 billion on defence equipment in 2025, but only about a quarter of that spending involved joint purchases. The question is...
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...
Why Egypt May Enter the Saudi-Yemen Conflict: Sisi’s Strategic Calculations Explained
Egypt's parliament is set to vote next week on a proposal to allow the armed forces to assist Saudi Arabia against attacks from Yemen's...
Can South Korea Take Wartime Military Command From the US by 2030?
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung says his country is ready to assume wartime operational control of combined South Korean and US forces, renewing...
China’s Strategic View of Egypt: Sisi’s Leadership Doctrine and the Global South’s Push for Independence
Chinese think tanks and strategic and security circles (particularly those affiliated with the People's Liberation Army and intelligence institutes linked to the Chinese Ministry...
Borrowed Time in the Strait of Hormuz
Crude oil is flowing out of the Gulf again, but the market is no better prepared for another disruption in the Strait of Hormuz....
Saudi Arabia Is Buying Allies, Not an Alliance
An Adjourned Session in Cairo
On Sunday, Egypt's parliament met in emergency session to authorise military support for Saudi Arabia, and then adjourned without a...
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...
The War That Ate Washington’s Leverage
Facing an unforgiving midterm campaign shadowed by high fuel costs, Donald Trump turned to an unlikely partner for price relief: Moscow.
The October 9 announcement...
Trump-Zelenskiy Clash Puts Ukraine’s Critical US Military Support at Risk
This week has seen a deterioration in the relationship between Ukraine and the United States, primarily due to US threats to reduce intelligence support...