Supporting Ukraine is self-interest, not charity: Russia threatens democracies well beyond Europe, and Ukraine’s battlefield innovation and civilian resilience hold lessons for the West.

Join us at the Mile End Institute to celebrate Tom Chidwick’s new book Now or Never! A History of the First Scottish Devolution Referendum.

In 1901, military analyst Jan Bloch declared that new military technologies had changed war so radically that the study of history had become useless. He

Labour MP Graeme Downie’s research highlights lack of consistent framework for measuring economic impact of Moscow-backed hybrid warfare

Surprise, deception, and operation security - lessons from Ukrainian success

Israel's next defence headache may have little to do with Iran, Gaza or Hezbollah. It could begin in Belgrade.

This article argues that contemporary Western military innovation has become a strategic dead end. Tracing the evolution of military innovation from the Revolution in Military Affairs through counteri...

Since April 2023 Sudan has been consumed by a vicious war that gets far too little attention in the West.

‘They left us with nothing,’ says owner of olive grove in West Bank

Recent cuts to foreign aid have raised serious humanitarian concerns. They also offer vital insights into the relationship between development and security going forward.

Europe’s reliance on US energy exports was meant to insulate the continent from Russia. But it may result in new and potentially equally powerful vulnerabilities.

The Agency says it is "aggressively investigating" the apparent breach of its system

How far will he go?

Simon Sebag Montefiore's wildly ambitious history of the region since 1900 is a richly illustrated guide to the law of unintended consequences.

Houthi gains around Bab Al-Mandeb have exposed rival visions of Gulf security, as Saudi Arabia, Israel, Turkey, Pakistan and the US weigh competing responses.

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Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has three distinctive components.

Anyone who has been paying attention knows what horrors come with Russian occupation. So giving territory to Russia is inviting more death and degradation.

This paper examines how organised crime exploits general aviation and drones in the UK and the Benelux, revealing critical security vulnerabilities.

Russian reliance on amateur saboteurs enables an escalating campaign across NATO but creates a less-visible risk of unintended escalation by operational dysfunction.

The 2025 Defence Industrial Strategy casts universities as suppliers of graduates and research. To deliver it, they must become part of the machinery itself.

Today and Thursday we have two posts addressing big risks facing the global economy.