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The Pentagon’s Rare Earth Gamble: Smart Strategy or State-Crafted Monopoly? (Henry Sanderson – RUSI)

The Pentagon’s direct investment in rare earth miner MP Materials marks a decisive shift in US industrial and defence policy – one that shatters...

Old Borders, New Battles: Thailand, Cambodia and an Unfinished War (William Hurst – RUSI)

The recent ceasefire and ongoing talks between Thailand and Cambodia are fragile bandages over a long-festering wound. It was brokered by Malaysia – and...

Why Did Iraq’s Militias Sit Out the Iran–Israel War and Why it Matters (Burcu Ozcelik and Tamer Badawi – RUSI)

Defying expectations, Iran-backed Iraqi militia groups refrained from carrying out attacks on US military facilities inside Iraq after Israel’s 13 June strikes on Iran....

Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska: Early analysis from Chatham House experts (Orysia Lutsevych, Keir Giles – Chatham House)

US President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday at a summit in Alaska, the first since Russia invaded Ukraine in...

The geo-economics of Russia’s bad harvest (Peter Frankopan – IISS)

Russia’s ability to export grain and fertiliser has remained one of its few sources of economic strength and international leverage since its invasion of...

National digital IDs in the age of artificial intelligence (Onur Kara – IISS)

In the United Kingdom, it seems the government of Prime Minister Keir Starmer is considering the rollout of national digital IDs – a potential...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 16, 2025 (Grace Mappes, Daria Novikov, Olivia Gibson, Jennie Olmsted, Anna Harvey, and Frederick W. Kagan – Institute for...

Various US officials indicated that Russian President Vladimir Putin may be willing to compromise on some war termination demands, but Putin's own statements and...

Whack-a-Mole No More: How Extremists Choose Their Digital Safe Havens (Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat – Lawfare)

Tamar Mitts’s “Safe Havens for Hate” arrives at a moment when debates over online extremism and platform regulation are increasingly urgent—and increasingly polarized. Governments...

How to Truly Keep Washington, DC Safe: President Trump’s militarized approach undercuts what’s been working (Donell Harvin – Just Security)

This week, President Donald Trump said he was invoking emergency powers under the Home Rule Act to federalize the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (DC...

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