Deterrence is once more at the centre of discussions on national security. Faced with larger revisionist neighbours driven by aggressive foreign policies, Taiwan and states in the Nordic-Baltic...
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EU enlargement usually happens in fits and starts. Currently, there is an important new dynamic in the EU’s enlargement policy. Driven by geopolitical forces, the risk is that it will soon come to...
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From the start of the war in 2014 until 2019, around 3 000 Russians were known to fight on Kyiv’s side. By 2024, the number had at least tripled, with the rebirth of the original dissident...
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The Russian political establishment has always been convinced that Russia's national interests as a “great power” extend beyond its borders and that the post-Soviet space is a territory of...
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Azerbaijan’s recapture of Nagorno-Karabakh have triggered significant geopolitical shifts and resulted in varied manifestations of Russian influence across the...
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For years, Moscow has tried to pressure the west to recognise its status as a great power and accept its vision of rearrangement of world order. To force the international community to respect its...
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In December 2024, Major Robert ‘Madyar’ Brovdi, a key figure in Ukraine’s drone warfare development, announced that his strike drone regiment would become a separate uncrewed systems brigade...
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Today, on the eve of the presidential inauguration in the US, Japan’s current Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a new Trump administration, and, in a more volatile regional and global...
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After almost sixty years, the continuation of transit of Russian natural gas across Ukraine to the European Union is no longer guaranteed. Russian gas first flowed through Ukraine and on into...
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Over two years into Russia’s war against Ukraine, the People’s Liberation Army announced a structural change: the Strategic Support Force (SSF) was disbanded, and the new Information Support...
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