China & Indo-Pacific
InsiderIndia’s Military Capabilities are Maturing Fast. Its Latest Security Operation Shows Why.
Evan Moloney · November 5, 2026 · 9 min read
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The UN is Leaving Western Sahara. What Happens Now?
After three decades monitoring a frozen conflict, UN peacekeepers are withdrawing from a territory Morocco annexed in 1975, leaving the Sahrawi people without international protection.
Simon Whistler · November 4, 2026
Africa
InsiderAlgeria is Undertaking its First Military Intervention in Decades. Here's What You Need to Know
After half a century of non-intervention, Algeria is sending troops abroad to fight jihadists. France learned how that can end. Algiers may be about to.
Paweł Wójcik · November 3, 2026 · 9 min read
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Middle East
Middle East Roundtable: The Dumbest Timeline.
Evan Moloney, Kyle Moran, and Wilfred Miner on the MOU's collapse, US strikes creeping north, ill-conceived island invasion plans, and the wave of Iranian nationalism Washington never saw coming.
Evan Moloney · July 20, 2026 · 1h 0m
Russia-Ukraine War
FreeUnderstanding Ukraine's Isolation Campaign in Crimea.
Mass-produced strike drones now let Ukraine hit Crimea's bridges, rail lines, substations and shipping day after day — turning Russia's southern logistics hub into a supply-starved liability.
Phil Cowin · July 18, 2026 · 15 min read
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Briefing Room 07.17.2026: JNIM Battles Islamic State, Thai Insurgency Picks Up Strength, Sheikh Hasina Contemplates Return Home.
Jihadist rivals turn their guns on each other in the Sahel, separatist violence surges in Thailand's deep south, and Bangladesh's ousted leader weighs the risks of a homecoming.
Simon Whistler · July 18, 2026
Global
InsiderCyberspace is the New Frontline
From the FBI director's inbox to Jordan's wheat reserves, Iran's proxy hackers show how states now wage war cheaply, deniably, and with fear as the real payload.
Fronts Staff · July 16, 2026 · 10 min read
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In a War Against China...Where Does Australia Belong?
Canberra has staked its security on AUKUS submarines and American resolve, but its trade dependence on Beijing, exposed geography, and thin defenses tell a more complicated story.
Simon Whistler · July 15, 2026
Africa
Due South: Mike DeAngelo of Critical Threats Talks Sudan
The RSF is besieging El Obeid with the same attrition playbook that preceded El Fasher's massacres — and Washington's ties to the UAE mean the paramilitary's chief backer faces no real pressure.
Wilfred Waimiri · July 14, 2026 · 1h 20m
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Does Daniel Noboa Have a Future?
Ecuador's president staked everything on his war against the gangs. With violence rebounding, the economy stalling, and his coalition fraying, that bet is starting to look like a liability.
Simon Whistler · July 14, 2026
Africa
Due South: Talking Mozambique with Peter Bofin from ACLED and Tomas Queface from Zitamar News
Nine years into the Cabo Delgado insurgency, Islamic State Mozambique is down to some 300 fighters — yet embedded, self-financing, and beyond the reach of Maputo's military-only strategy.
Wilfred Waimiri · July 14, 2026 · 1h 35m
Middle East
Middle East Roundtable: Strikes are Back On the Menu.
Kyle Moran and Wilfred Miner trace the MOU's unraveling: Iranian fire on shipping in Hormuz, suspended US oil waivers, and a new supreme leader nobody can prove is alive.
Evan Moloney · July 14, 2026 · 1h 17m
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