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The Starshield Debacle Is a Wake-Up Call for Europe
The throttling of Ukraine’s Starshield terminals has set capitals scrambling for an alternative. Europe’s IRIS² is years away, but cheap terminals for the OneWeb satellites already in orbit could close part of the gap sooner.Jakub Janovsky · 26 Oct · 8 min read
The US Withdrawal from Iraq is Islamic State's Best Chance for a Comeback
A surge of attacks in Kirkuk suggests the jihadists never died — and Baghdad's security vacuum is widening just as it did after the 2011 withdrawal.Paweł Wójcik · 19 Oct · 12 min read
Burundi is Fighting Congo's War. Here's Why.
Yale Ford · 13 Oct · 14 min read
Congo 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 · 5 Oct · 12 min read
West Africa's Jihadist Groups Are at War. Here's Why.
Brant Philip · 28 Sept · 13 min read
We Spoke to One of Britain's Top Generals about Drones. This is What He Had to Say.
Fronts Staff · 21 Sept · 12 min read
Tanks are Not Dead. They Do Need to Change
Jakub Janovsky · 14 Sept · 11 min read
When There's Unrest in Russia, Watch the North Caucasus
Neil Hauer · 7 Sept · 9 min read
Sudan’s Paramilitaries are the Best-Funded Insurgents on Earth. They’re also Losing the War.
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces are arguably the most well-funded and armed insurgency in decades. With billions of dollars in funding and near-daily weapon deliveries from the UAE, winning the civil war should in theory have been easy. But the opposite is true. The RSF is losing.Thomas van Linge · 31 Aug · 11 min read
Why Did Russian Democracy Fail? Start With its Minorities
Henrik Hannes Herkel · 24 Aug · 13 min read
Governments are Scrambling for a Starlink Alternative. Does One Even Exist?
Jakub Janovsky · 17 Aug · 13 min read
No-One Knows How Many Have Died in Myanmar's Civil War
Evan Moloney · 13 Aug · 12 min readShow 12 more
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