Intelligence

What happened after Elon Musk took the Russian army offline

(Ibrahim Naber - Politico) “All we’ve got left now,” the Russian soldier said, “are radios, cables and pigeons.”. A decision earlier this month by...

UK exclusion from EU defense loan ‘self-defeating’

(Esther Webber - Politico) British Defence Minister Al Carns described the failure to agree U.K. entry into the EU's SAFE program as "self-defeating" for...

France warns against risk of nuclear proliferation

(Laura Kayali - Politico) There is a risk of nuclear proliferation in the world today, according to a French official from the Elysée Palace....

Cyber (In)Security and Surveillance (25 February 2026)

Phishing operation with links to Russia, Armenia compromised Western cargo companies, researchers find (James Reddick - The Record) Researchers have uncovered and taken down the...

Canada, like Europe, seeks to break U.S. defense dependency

(Colin Demarest - Axios) Canada's first-ever defense-industrial strategy, published this month, suggests it, like Europe, can no longer count on the U.S. to be...

Scale of Xi’s military purges could hinder China’s ability to fight, says think tank

(Brad Lendon, Simone McCarthy - CNN) Chinese leader Xi Jinping has taken his purge of the country’s military to the very top, targeting his...

Iran dismisses missile, nuclear claims after Trump alleges ‘sinister ambitions’

(Al Arabiya) Iran on Wednesday dismissed US claims about its missile program as “big lies,” after President Donald Trump said Tehran was developing missiles...

US warned Ukraine against hitting its interests after Russia energy-related strikes: Envoy

(Al Arabiya) The US State Department told the Ukrainian government to refrain from hitting US interests following a Ukrainian attack on the Russian port...

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...

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