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The UK and the Future of European Security (Ed Arnold and Peter Jones CMG, RUSI)

The European strategic context is changing, and transformation may be driven either by strategic shocks, or an aggregation of more modest changes. Within this...

Europe’s Selfish Reaction to Australia’s Submarine Purchase (Heribert Dieter, RUSI)

Some EU member-states are furious at Australia’s decision to abandon a submarine contract with France. But Europe’s persistent inability to grasp the reality of...

Forget James Bond? Public Perceptions of UK Intelligence (Dan Lomas, RUSI)

Despite efforts by the UK intelligence agencies to lift their long-held culture of secrecy through greater public engagement, popular perceptions of their work are...

Climate politics: Why the old diplomacy no longer works (John Kampfner, Chatham House)

It is ‘code red for humanity’ declared UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The world, he exclaimed, is rapidly running out of time. The language...

The Realities of Russian Military Shipbuilding (Part Two) (Andrii Ryzhenko, The Jamestown Foundation)

A constant drumbeat of Russian propaganda and sensationalist international reporting has created the impression that Russia’s naval forces are much more formidable than is...

Zapad 2021 Suggests, in Event of War, Moscow Could Seize Baltics but Lose Kaliningrad (Paul Globe, The Jamestown Foundation)

Military exercises not only make known what a government believes could happen but become an occasion for its analysts and those in other countries...

Venezuelan foreign minister wants ‘deeper’ relations with Turkey (Al-Monitor)

Venezuela’s foreign minister continued his visit to Turkey Monday pledging to strengthen ties between the two states. “There is an effort to strengthen the relations...

Sadr and independents biggest winners under Iraq’s new election law (Mustafa Saadoun, Al-Monitor)

The results of Iraq's recent parliamentary elections came as a surprise to all, winners and losers included, indicating a new political era in the...

Jordanians lukewarm on government reform proposal (Osama Al Sharif, Al-Monitor)

After three months of deliberations, which were marred by controversy, public skepticism and the resignation of three members, the Royal Committee to Modernize the...

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