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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Briefing Room: Inside China's New Overseas Base. And More.
Beijing's second overseas base is taking shape in Laos, ISWAP's purges have cost it a thousand fighters, and Islamic State is testing Iraq's defences days after the US withdrawal.
Simon Whistler · October 9, 2026
Middle East
Middle East Roundtable: What's the Breaking Point?
A Saudi-led counteroffensive in Yemen tests the Mecca alliance, while the panel asks how much economic pain Iran's leadership and public can absorb.
Fronts Staff · October 8, 2026 · 1h 12m
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Are Congo’s Rebels Breaking Apart?
M23 keeps winning on the battlefield, but a foiled plot against leader Sultani Makenga has exposed deep rivalries within the rebellion — fractures Kinshasa has yet to exploit.
Simon Whistler · October 7, 2026
Middle East
Middle East Roundtable: What Did Bibi Know?
The UAE and Egypt both warned Netanyahu that Hamas was planning something big before October 7. The panel traces those warnings, his fixation on the West Bank, and the political walls closing in.
Fronts Staff · October 6, 2026 · 1h 11m
Russia-Ukraine War
InsiderUkraine is also Running Out of Armour. Here's Why.
Jompy · October 6, 2026 · 17 min read
Africa
FreeCongo Said No to Wagner. Then It Let Russia In.
President Sassou-Nguesso rejected Wagner as a private threat to his rule. Three years on, he welcomed its state-run successor.
Raphael Parens · October 5, 2026 · 12 min read
Africa
Due South: Ethiopia Is Officially At War Ft. Mike DeAngelo From Critical Threats
Fronts Staff · October 4, 2026 · 1h 9m
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The Briefing Room: M23's Internal Schism, Serbia's Vucic Resigns, Pakistan-Afghanistan Raids Kill Dozens.
Rwanda's proxy war in Congo is fracturing from within, Vucic is engineering a third term as premier, and the Taliban is now accusing Pakistan of the militancy it has long been charged with.
Simon Whistler · October 2, 2026
Russia-Ukraine War
Insider“A Gun to Go and Die With”: How Russia Recruits in Africa
Casus Belli · October 1, 2026 · 11 min read
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