Intelligence

New Zealand’s defence plan lifts spending, emphasises partnerships (Steven Paget – The Strategist)

The Five Eyes are really four eyes and a wink, according to a joke that derides New Zealand’s limited defence spending. Publication of the...

To counter China, Quad members should work closer in maritime surveillance (Arzan Tarapore – The Strategist)

The Quad is not keeping pace with security needs in the Indo-Pacific. Its members—Australia, India, Japan and the United States—should step up cooperation to...

Now that’s innovation: Ukrainian army units compete for weapons; start-ups compete for their business (Henry Campbell – The Strategist)

Fast-paced, iterative, gritty and incredibly successful innovation is sustaining Ukraine’s defence against Russia’s invasion. The country’s latest defence industry revolution is the Brave1 Market,...

India–Pakistan conflict tests the limits of nuclear deterrence (Arun Swamy – East Asia Forum)

The 2025 India–Pakistan conflict marked an unprecedented escalation of the two countries’ longstanding hostilities. These hostilities have largely centred on Kashmir, though driven less...

Rights groups condemn Jordan’s media crackdown (DigWatch)

At least 12 independent news websites in Jordan have been blocked by the authorities without any formal legal justification or opportunity for appeal. Rights...

Tech coalition to push for faster US foreign cybersecurity aid (DigWatch)

A coalition of leading technology and cybersecurity firms, including Carahsoft, Dell Technologies, Forescout, Google Cloud, Trellix, and Velos, has launched the Strategic Cybersecurity Coalition...

CISA: Threat actors target M365 credentials via Commvault vulnerability (DigWatch)

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a warning about unauthorized activity targeting Commvault’s Microsoft Azure-hosted applications, particularly the company’s Microsoft...

Is Taiwan prepared to fight for itself? (Vincent So – The Interpreter)

Support for Taiwan is often presented as a binary: the West either defends a fellow democracy or abandons it to authoritarianism. But the real...

Golden Dome looks technically doable, but brings strategic complications (Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan – The Strategist)

The plan for a Golden Dome missile defence system in the United States looks technologically feasible but nonetheless raises doubts around factors such as...

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