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Just like defence: food security is part of national security

(John Coyne and Andrew Henderson - ASPI The Strategist) Food supply is long overdue for elevation into national security policy. As The Australian reported...

In Case of Emergency: The Dubious Legality of Trump Allies’ Draft EO

(Anna Bower, Molly Roberts - Lawfare) President Trump has invoked the words “national security” as a justification for all manner of dubious policy moves...

Military Law on “Contemptuous Words” Should be Reformed

(Eugene R. Fidell, Steven J. Lepper and William D. Baumgartner - Just Security) Now in its second year, the Trump administration continues to set...

Growing Role of Women in Baloch Militancy

(Naureen Salim - The Jamestown Foundation) The Baloch Liberation Army’s (BLA) Operation Herof-2 attacks on January 31 marked a strategic shift, as the elite...

Herof-2 Highlights Digital and Drone Advances in Baloch Insurgency (Part Two)

(Rahim Nasar - The Jamestown Foundation) The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) launched operation Herof-2 (“Storm-2”), conducting coordinated attacks across several districts of Balochistan on...

Islamic State’s New Threats in Northern Azerbaijan

(Paweł Wójcik - The Jamestown Foundation) Islamic State (IS) is actively expanding into northern Azerbaijan after officially establishing a new branch there in 2024....

Quadcopter Drones Reshaping Pakistan’s Militant Landscape (Part One)

(Rahim Nasar - The Jamestown Foundation) Militant organizations, particularly the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan (IMP), have begun using commercially available quadcopter...

U.S. lacks the “will” for Iran ground war, Anduril’s Luckey says

(Colin Demarest - Axios) The U.S. lacks the "political will" and popular consensus to put boots on the ground in Iran after decades of...

Macron: France’s role in Middle East remains ‘purely defensive’ despite soldier’s death

(Clea Caulcutt - Politico) French President Emmanuel Macron insisted Friday that France's role in the Middle East would remain defensive after a French soldier...

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