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October 2, 2025

🌈 El Salvador’s crackdown on gang violence has failed to make life safer for women

Julia Zulver Under President Bukele’s perpetual 'State of Exception', El Salvador has made international news for its historic decline in homicides. Despite this, women report that problems of violence are far from over in the country, write Julia Zulver and Anne Ruelle Read more
September 30, 2025

How Hungary reframed LGBTQ Pride as a national security issue

Varvara Prodai Hungary’s government recast Budapest Pride as a danger to children and national security, then banned the 2025 march. Varvara Prodai’s data show that the 'security threat' framing spiked in Hungarian, while English-language messaging remained legalistic, revealing a two-track playbook that weakens minority rights and narrows civic space Read more
September 5, 2025

☢️ UK Strategic Defence Review: nuclear posturing does not deliver peace

Zeenat Sabur Keir Starmer’s speeches before and after the release of the UK's Strategic Defence Review contain narratives that make nuclear strengthening seem prudent and logical. But Zeenat Sabur argues that these narratives are fallacies, that if poked at, alert us to the insecurity to which nuclear posturing leads us Read more
August 28, 2025

Middle East escalation reveals Israel’s shifting strategy 

Nadeem Ahmed Moonakal The security situation in the Middle East reflects the hard realities of power struggle and the implications of the quest for regional hegemony. Nadeem Ahmed Moonakal shows how Israel is exploiting instability to entrench dominance, while Iran’s projected restraint masks deep vulnerabilities. With the US’ ambiguous approach adding to tensions, the space for long-term stability is shrinking Read more
August 27, 2025

Toward a 'not-so-grand' security strategy for European defence policy 

Amélie Jaques-Apke Are we nearing a new incarnation of the French vision of a Gaullist Europe? Focusing on strategic autonomy, nuclear deterrence, coalitions of the willing, threat perception, and defence capability, Amélie Jaques-Apke examines the strategic dilemmas, and conceptual and operational deficiencies, in European defence policy  Read more
August 18, 2025

NotPetya, Ukraine, and the limits of economic impact from cyber attacks

Tom Johansmeyer Tom Johansmeyer contends that the damage NotPetya caused in Ukraine is much smaller than many believe. A closer look at the $560 million in harm caused by that infamous cyber attack suggests that cyber attacks may only be of limited effectiveness. This, he argues, changes how cyber sits in the security environment Read more
July 4, 2025

JD Vance’s international right-wing populism

Yunus Poblome Right-wing populism has gone beyond the nation state. Analysing JD Vance’s speech at the Munich Security Conference earlier this year, Yunus Poblome describes how US foreign policy under Trump depicts Europe as being led by a corrupt elite which refuses to listen to its conservative people. This, he argues, further legitimise Europe’s own right-wing populists Read more
July 3, 2025

Where are China and Russia in the Israel-Iran conflict?

Jonathan Roll International Relations theory would predict strong opposition from China and Russia to Israel’s assault on Iranian military and nuclear sites. In practice, says Jonathan Roll, other considerations got in the way, and the role of both powers has been minimal. This suggests US influence may be more durable than expected Read more

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