Protests in Iran add to an uncertainty over the fate of the Iranian regime, that is felt within the country and the region. Since protests erupted on 28 December 2025, Iran’s deepening cost-of-living ...

The Iranian regime has no answers to the country’s problems and there will eventually be change. But this may not happen quickly or neatly. As I write, it seems probable that the brutal suppression of ...

As digital systems become more interdependent and concentrated, a growing number of ‘ordinary’ components quietly turn into de facto critical infrastructure. In that hybrid threat landscape, ...

If the US no longer abides by rules, how does it expect revisionist states to do so? In the first week of January 2026, the world watched as one extraordinary moment followed another, notably the US ...

From a conflict expected to be over in days, four years of battle followed Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The first thing to note is that the war is not over yet. By early January 2026, ...

A conversation with Mark Neville, reflecting on more than three years of combining art with humanitarian support for communities affected by the war in Ukraine. Following Russia's full-scale invasion ...

Russia's Zapad 2025 in Belarus focused on high-leverage capabilities, contrasting with the high tempo and mass in previous iterations of the exercises. Zapad 2025 is the 2025 iteration of Russia's ...

Since its signing in 2014, the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement has faced some delays in its implementation. However, with Beijing showing no signs of curtailing its aggressive behaviour in the ...

The shadow fleets of Russia, Iran and North Korea are in the international spotlight, but efforts to counter their operations will fail while these vessels can so easily obtain new flags. The practice ...

The war in Ukraine has diverted Russia’s resources and attention away from its own critical domestic security issues, creating uneven gaps in its ability to address terrorism, corruption, regional ...

Geopolitical shocks continue to impact the oil market as prices spike in response to the Israel-Iran conflict. With the US mulling an attack on Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities in Fordow, the ...

While the US and the UK attempt to contain Houthi attacks in the Bab al-Mandab and Red Sea, Somali pirates have made a daring comeback off the Horn of Africa. It is tempting to draw a link between the ...