Fulvio AttinĂ
Why do regime-change wars re-emerge when global order is under strain? As multilateral institutions lose effectiveness and legitimacy, Fulvio Attinà  argues that states are increasingly turning to unilateral or coalition-based force. Interventions such as those in Iraq, Libya, Ukraine, and Iran reflect not isolated crises, but a deeper process of coalition reconfiguration during systemic transition Read more
Roza Roovers
On 28 January 2026, Roza Roovers, Hassan Naderi Far and Gigi Maria Massaro spoke with Lithuanian security expert Margarita Ĺ eĹĄelgytÄ. With global power balance in flux, Ĺ eĹĄelgytÄ suggests that many traditional assumptions in international relations theory no longer explain todayâs security environment Read more
Elif DavutoÄlu
AI companies often present their technologies as politically neutral. But as frontier models become intertwined with national security strategies, neutrality is giving way to a new reality: AI as a core instrument of state power, writes Elif DavutoÄlu Read more
Soumi Banerjee
Tech leaders compare AIâs electricity demand to the energy needed to âtrain a humanâ. In doing so, they judge people and server racks by the same dehumanising efficiency metric.âŻSoumi BanerjeeâŻandâŻMo HamzaâŻexplain how this logic is most brutally realised in planetary AI supply chains; in the hidden work that makes 'intelligent' machines seem autonomous Read more
Andrew Richard Ryder
Andrew Richard Ryder argues that Trump is intent on political vandalism that will undermine the postwar rules-based international order. That order may not have been perfect, but Trump's administration desires a return to interwar dog-eat-dog expansionism and virulent nationalism. Forthcoming elections in Hungary in April, and the USA in November, represent an important opportunity to thwart these regressive ambitions Read more
Konstantin Schendzielorz
Deterrence is back â but not as we knew it. Once a strategy of nuclear restraint, the term is now being stretched to justify aggressive military actions, at home and abroad. Konstantin Schendzielorz argues that, as meanings shift, so do red lines. The nuclear umbrella may be turning into a very real sword Read more
Sibei Sun
The Trump administration is advancing an illiberal Atlanticism that reimagines the West in manners similar to how Putin imagines Eurasia. Sibei Sun dissects the uncanny parallels between the two geopolitical doctrines and what it all means for future transatlantic relations Read more
Yuliia Turchenko
Information warfare has moved to the centre of the UKâs security agenda, saysâŻYuliia 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
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