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Myanmar: A litmus test for China’s private security expansion (Alessandro Arduino, Observer Research Foundation)

Since launching the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013, China has increasingly relied on private security companies (PSCs) to safeguard its investments and...

China and the Arctic: An Overview (Monty Khanna, Observer Research Foundation)

China was a late entrant in Arctic engagement, with its involvement beginning only in 1991. Since then, its engagement has expanded both in depth...

South Africa and the US: A New Low in Relations (Ray Hartley, Greg Mills – RUSI)

There has seldom been as ill-considered a rant as that placed on record by the South African Ambassador to the US, Ebrahim Rasool at...

Operation Poseidon Archer: Assessing one year of strikes on Houthi targets (Edward Beales, Wolf-Christian Paes – IIISS)

In the late summer of 2024, the number of attacks that Ansarullah (Houthi) forces attempted against ships in the waters off Yemen fell sharply,...

Turning Towards Turkey: Why NATO Needs to Lean into Its Relationship (Rebecca Lucas, RAND Corporation)

Scrambling to bolster defence postures, the European Union has focused on strengthening its defence industry, pouring money into domestic production and lowering barriers to...

Trump’s Reciprocal Tariff Policy (Penny Naas, German Marshall Fund of the United States)

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently presented the clearest explanation of the tariffs the Trump administration is planning to levy. Speaking on Fox News...

Berlin Raises the “Kenyan Flag” (Sudha David-Wilp, German Marshall Fund of the United States)

Germany’s outgoing parliament has held a historic vote to approve massive spending. Unprecedented times emboldened the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its sister...

The Citizen Lab’s director dissects spyware and the ‘proliferating’ market for it (Suzanne Smalley, The Record)

As the founder of the Citizen Lab, a University of Toronto-based organization known for detecting and diagnosing spyware infections worldwide, Ron Deibert has overseen...

Canadian provincial police appear to be using advanced commercial spyware (Suzanne Smalley – The Record)

There is evidence suggesting that Canadian provincial police are using powerful advanced commercial spyware, the Citizen Lab said in a report released Wednesday. The...

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