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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Russia-Ukraine War
FreeExaggerating its Advances is Costing the Russian Army Dearly. Here's How.
When Gerasimov told Putin that Kupiansk had fallen, every Russian decision afterward treated the fiction as fact — and Ukraine now quietly exploits an army that punishes honest reporting.
Phil Cowin · June 29, 2026 · 13 min read
Europe & NATO
InsiderEurope's Biofuel Push is Expensive. It Also Makes Strategic Sense
The F-35 now flies on fuel made from cooking oil and crop waste — and for a continent importing 97% of its crude through vulnerable chokepoints, that is an insurance policy, not a climate gesture.
Tiago Machado · June 27, 2026 · 14 min read
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Briefing Room 26.06.26
A weekly rundown of the stories shaping global security: armed conflict, political crisis, and the under-covered developments that will matter in the months ahead.
Simon Whistler · June 26, 2026
Middle East
Middle East Roundtable: "America: 'I Surrender!'" "Iran: 'No Deal!'"
Evan Moloney, Wilfred Miner, and Kyle Moran on a ceasefire that lasted an hour, a US that reined in Israel only after Iran shut Hormuz, and why Beirut's best defender is now Tehran.
Evan Moloney · June 25, 2026 · 1h 7m
Africa
Due South: Yale Ford Talks DRC
Wilfred Waimiri is joined by Yale Ford of the Critical Threats Project to unpack the conflict and crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Wilfred Waimiri · June 24, 2026 · 54m
Europe & NATO
InsiderIs the United Kingdom Becoming Ungovernable?
Seven prime ministers in a decade is not proof the country cannot be governed — it is proof the route to power now filters out anyone capable of the state-building Britain actually needs.
Oli Carpenter · June 24, 2026 · 9 min read
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Africa Refuses to Allow More Nations.
From Somaliland to Ambazonia, secessionist movements keep failing for the same reason: the African Union treats colonial-era borders as untouchable, fearing one new state would invite dozens more.
Simon Whistler · June 23, 2026
Russia-Ukraine War
FreeTo Mobilize or Not to Mobilize: Will Russia See A New Wave of Military Mobilization in 2026?
Sign-up bonuses topping $41,500 can no longer fill Russia's ranks, and Ukraine's drone campaign is bleeding men, fuel, and trucks — leaving Putin one option he has dodged since 2022.
Jompy · June 22, 2026 · 17 min read
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Briefing Room 20.06.26: What is Israel Up to in Somaliland? And More.
Reports of Israeli overtures to Hargeisa — recognition talks, a possible base near Berbera, even Gazan resettlement — point to a widening contest for the Red Sea's southern shore.
Simon Whistler · June 22, 2026
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