Italy’s low fentanyl death toll reflects Europe’s distinct opioid market history, not mafia restraint – but synthetic opioids ...

Whether Lula or Flávio Bolsonaro wins Brazil’s presidential run-off, a right-leaning Congress and pressure from China, the US ...

In the age of hard power, beneficial ownership transparency must shift from an anti-corruption ideal to a national security ...

Neil Barnett is CEO of Istok Associates Limited, a London-based intelligence and investigations consultancy focused on Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Neil specialises in how ...

The [Starlink] speed limit could mean some high-speed interceptors are useless...Starlink makes a wide range of drone operations more resilient." ...

This speech... from MI5... was part of the goverment's push towards a national resilience agenda, and trying to improve the ability of our population generally to prepare for the kind of threats we ...

Former military and intelligence personnel discuss the security and defence implications of Western aid cuts and the ...

This paper analyses how Russia's nuclear arsenal and doctrine are evolving, focusing on qualitative improvements and ...

It’s very hard to imagine that elections could be held in Ukraine any time soon ... and it’s very difficult to trust Russia even if they were to commit to a temporary ceasefire, as we know that they ...

Rob Jordan, programme director at the London-based RUSI think-tank, said the concrete pads and two possible takeoff rails shown in the imagery looked consistent with launch tracks for Russian Geran ...

There has been a qualitative change since 2022 (in energy security) in my opinion, and we have moved from thinking mainly about the weaponisation of energy supply to thinking about the infrastructure ...

The comparison with European national service systems is often misleading, as countries that maintain conscription today tend to face a direct land threat, often sharing a border with Russia...That ...