South Africa’s apartheid-era ‘Bantustans’ exemplified state-sponsored pseudo-independence. Today, history risks repeating itself in Russia’s occupied Ukrainian territories, though this irony seems ...

The Disorder Podcast - a top 20 UK Podcast currently co-produced by Gary Lineker’s Goalhanger Podcasts and dedicated to understanding the 'novel historical era of The Global Enduring Disorder' - has ...

Labour’s ambitious AI Opportunities Action Plan sets a strong vision to leverage AI technologies for UK economic growth. How realistic are these plans, and do they come at the cost of AI safety, the ...

This report details the discussions at a workshop held in Brussels in November 2024 on challenges around sanctions implementation and related policy issues requiring collaboration within and across ...

As Turkey asserts its ‘Blue Homeland’ doctrine, Cyprus faces mounting challenges over maritime rights and energy security in an increasingly volatile Eastern Mediterranean. The Eastern Mediterranean ...

At the start of 2025, we reflect on security challenges from the previous year and look at what to expect in the coming months. The past year registered many landmark events in global security. But ...

Chinese espionage. Russian sabotage. Iranian assassination attempts. North Korean cybercrime. The UK and its allies are facing successive waves of covert, and sometimes not-so-covert, hostile action ...

Russia's Mediterranean foothold faces uncertainty, with Tartus’s future hanging in the balance and alternative bases in Libya and Algeria offering limited, politically fraught substitutes. The fall of ...

In this episode, US and Royal Navy officers examine the mental health challenges experienced by the surviving crew following a mass casualty event. US Navy officer Ryan Easterday and Royal Navy ...

Sanctions have hindered Russia's military capabilities by raising procurement costs, increasing reliance on allies and straining its economy – despite Moscow’s evasion efforts. This article addresses ...

Some of its key protagonists offer a first-hand account of one of the key episodes of the Falklands War.

A stable, democratic Philippines is vital to US interests and regional security. The US and its Indo-Pacific partners and allies must do more to help the country build resilience against Chinese ...