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Almost exactly a year after Hamas’s horrific attack on Israel, its leader Yahya Sinwar has been killed. This is not the end of... Read More

Ukraine’s survival can only be ensured by joining NATO or giving Kyiv nuclear weapons, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Read More

Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently wrote a long piece for “Foreign Affairs” arguing that the Biden... Read More

As tensions flare in the Middle East, with some calling for the destruction of Iran’s nuclear program, two other American... Read More

"Zionism for the nations of Europe," wrote Dutch anti-immigration crusader Geert Wilders in Breitbart this month. "The Europeans... Read More

Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s first female Prime Minister, has this week achieved what the Tories failed so fatally to do with their doomed... Read More

There are only a handful of places a minister in the Taliban’s de facto Afghan government can fly to these days, and Russia is one of... Read More

Western politicians do not want the status quo to change. Yet the pre-war conditions in the region are not viable for... Read More

Technology in the 'Swords of Iron' war, including the contribution of the hi-tech sector, enabled precise, efficient multi-branch combat,... Read More

On 27 September, Hassan Nasrallah was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. Barely had the bombs dropped than commentators were already... Read More

Glasl model of conflict escalation shows rivals are rapidly moving from dispute to ‘together into the abyss’ all-out... Read More

In every war, children perish. It’s the worst thing about conflict, this dragging of innocents into the swirling maelstrom of tensions... Read More

All empires expand and then eventually suffer from “overreach,” when their territorial ambitions exceed their military and... Read More

With Ukraine’s situation becoming increasingly precarious, it is time to confront, head-on, the most dangerous of the many... Read More

Moscow is using cash and fear in an attempt to regain control of the former Soviet Republic, officials warn. Read More

By almost universal agreement, the Taiwan Strait has emerged as the most combustible flash point in the world.  Read More

In recent years, discussions about China’s grand strategy have dominated international security journals, think tanks, and policy... Read More

We live in an era in which globalisation and the geopolitical environment have arguably made a certain level of coordination between private... Read More

While at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, India’s External Affairs Minister S.... Read More

Next U.S. leader would be wise to sustain a relationship that has grown by leaps and bounds in the cause of checking China   Read More

Mariam was 12 years old when a relative sold her into a marriage with a 40-year-old soldier in the Taliban, who was already married.  Read More

SpaceX took a big step towards full reusability of space launchers on 13 October, a step towards a transformation in accessing space far more... Read More

A decade of military, humanitarian, and developmental European interventions in the Sahelian states of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have... Read More

Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently expressed mild but potentially consequential confusion regarding the nature and scope of... Read More

The announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize on October 11 coincided with a dangerous phase in two long wars—Israel’s war against... Read More

Ukraine appears to be holding out for a territorial exchange with Russia as the basis for peace. Will the Global South go along?   Read More

Kyiv wants the US to down Russian rockets, but the “tough answer” for Ukraine is that Russia has nuclear weapons, while Iran does... Read More

Putin’s greeting in Beijing notably subdued as Xi’s government re-evaluates the opportunity and risk of over-alignment with... Read More

On October 21, the plenary of the Financial Action Task Force, or FATF, will convene in Paris. Should the organization that sets global... Read More

This coming week, Bob Woodward’s latest book “War” will be released. It will feature several critical, profanity-laced... Read More

On October 1, Israel dodged a bullet—or, more accurately, a barrage of 180 ballistic missiles.  Read More

In a statement that should have received more attention, Lebanon’s prime minister recently said that the country is ready to... Read More

Advances by right-wing parties in recent elections in Austria and Germany could have a destabilizing effect on domestic politics, as well as... Read More

The terrorist group has built an extensive network of activists who fund its activities and sow anti-Israel hatred across the continent, a... Read More

Since his election in December of 2023, Argentine president Javier Milei has permanently transformed the nation’s politics. Read More

Late last month, two images went viral on Argentine social media. Read More

‘A day for the engineering history books.’ That is how Kate Tice, a senior engineering manager at SpaceX, characterised her... Read More

In the wake of Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, European countries cast aside Oslo Accords-era commitments to... Read More

Many analysts watching the conflict in the Middle East have warned that the present fighting could escalate further. At the moment, such... Read More

Those throwing around the epithet are the ones driving us to be more alone in the world       Read More

It’s not just the border. India has a deeper problem with China, and it looks like it’s part of the same problem that other... Read More

Once upon a time, China went out of its way to allay anxieties roused by its power and ambition. Then it stopped. Its new charm... Read More

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has this week put out an official statement that could fairly be described as ‘Wir... Read More

It’s hard to know what is more emblematic of Britain’s economic predicament today: the Government pleading for investment from... Read More

Joe Biden has a new neighbor. Pennsylvania Avenue’s latest attraction is a 58-foot-long anti-war monument. A Soldier’s... Read More