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☢️ US accusations of Chinese nuclear testing reshape arms control 

March 4, 2026

Democratic backsliding in Sweden amid militarisation

February 24, 2026

☢️ Nuclear euphemisms: how 'deterrence' masks escalation

February 2, 2026

☢️ How nuclear weapon reductions backfired for NATO 

January 23, 2026

A just peace settlement for Ukraine remains elusive

January 13, 2026
December 31, 2025

How information warfare is transforming the UK’s security landscape

Yuliia Turchenko Information warfare has moved to the centre of the UK’s security agenda, says Yuliia Turchenko. Media monitoring reveals how digital manipulation and foreign interference now shape public understanding of risk. Here, the author weighs up the threat, and suggests how the UK should respond Read more
December 15, 2025

☢️ The many moving pieces of nuclear order 

Carmen Wunderlich The global nuclear order is more crowded than ever, with new actors, rules, and arenas constantly emerging. Carmen Wunderlich and Martin Senn argue, however, that this is less chaos than a continuous process of ordering and disordering. They show how nuclear politics are made, unmade, and remade in everyday practice  Read more
December 9, 2025

The New Middle East: geoeconomics driving power and partnerships 

Nadeem Ahmed Moonakal The Middle East is entering a phase of recalibration. As Gulf powers prioritise stability and de-escalation, says Nadeem Ahmed Moonakal, they are also positioning themselves to play a leading role in global AI, which is likely to have a profound influence  on the regional geopolitical landscape  Read more
December 4, 2025

☢️ The proliferation we need: Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones 

Jorge Alberto López Lechuga Next year’s UN study on Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones offers non-nuclear states a rare chance to reshape the global disarmament agenda. Jorge Alberto López Lechuga says they must use this moment to strengthen, connect, and expand NWFZs — turning regional commitments into a coherent global force against nuclear proliferation Read more
November 28, 2025

☢️ Africa’s disarmament experience holds lessons for a stalled nuclear debate 

Robin E. Möser African states have long championed nuclear disarmament, from resisting colonial-era testing to advancing the Pelindaba and Prohibition Treaties. Yet frustration is growing over the slow pace of progress and exclusion from global forums. Robin Möser argues that African experiences offer lessons to revitalise inclusivity ahead of the 2026 Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) Review Conference Read more

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