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The End of Treaty Nostalgia: Arms Control After New START

(Frank A. Rose - Just Security) With the expiration of New START, a familiar refrain has returned to the arms control debate: that this...

Four years on, Russia’s war in Ukraine has transformed conflict and shattered global security

(Nick Paton Walsh - CNN) Four years of war in Ukraine has brought seismic evolution to the world – to the nature of warfare,...

US builds up major airpower near Iran, report indicates potential multiday strike

(Al Arabiya) Satellite images show a rapid increase of US military planes in bases across Europe and the Middle East amid rising tensions with...

Lebanon warns Israel might strike Beirut airport, urges Hezbollah not to join US-Iran war

(Al Arabiya) The Lebanese government has urged the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah not to get involved if any fighting erupts between the United States...

IRGC conducts military drills in Iran’s south: State TV

(Al Arabiya) Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the ideological arm of the military, are carrying out drills on the country’s southern shores of...

Cyber (In)Security and Surveillance (24 February 2026)

Arkanix Stealer: AI-assisted info-stealer shuts down after brief campaign (Pierluigi Paganini - Security Affairs) Arkanix Stealer emerged in late 2025 as a short-lived information-stealing malware...

ISIS teaching recruits how to use AI ‘responsibly’

(Mason Boycott-Owen - Politico) ISIS recruits are being encouraged to use artificial intelligence and chatbots to aid their terror campaigns. The two most recent...

Musk’s xAI and Pentagon reach deal to use Grok in classified systems

(Dave Lawler, Maria Curi - Axios) Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI has signed an agreement to allow the military to use its model,...

Why Ukraine remains defiant and does not feel close to defeat

(Jeremy Bowen - BBC) On a dark and cold night in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, the netting protecting the road from attacks by explosive...

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