The efforts by the US and Iran to interfere with the flow of oil and gas from the Gulf mirror each other in their intent to affect any final settlement. The strategic end states are becoming clearer.

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 ...

The 12-day war between Israel and Iran had the potential to enflame the region and stretch into a prolonged conflict, but each party carried strategic concerns that necessarily drove the cessation of ...

2025 offered the most generous potential off-ramp for Vladimir Putin. He rejected it. Russia must demonstrate to its domestic audience and to the West that it retains the initiative and remains a ...

Significant numbers of advanced munitions have been expended, revealing that battlefield dominance matters less than the industrial capacity to replenish critical stockpiles. While American and ...

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 ...

Our experts comment on the US attacks on Venezuela and arrest of President Nicolás Maduro. Any consequent instability in Venezuela could have a spill-over effect in the region that would affect ...

Operation Rising Lion has demonstrated the vast conventional superiority that Israel enjoys over Iran, highlighting the importance of intelligence, surprise and effective air and missile defence. But ...

Military strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities and Tehran's criticism of the IAEA threaten to undermine the credibility and effectiveness of the Agency's work, with implications for non-proliferation ...

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 ...

The legacy of the UK’s involvement in Afghanistan is one of compounding whole-of-government failure. The fourth Anglo-Afghan conflict (2001-21) is a dark period in British military history which is ...

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 ...