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Geopolitical shocks continue to impact the oil market as prices spike in response to the Israel-Iran conflict. With the US mulling an attack on Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities in Fordow, the Strait of Hormuz is one of Iran’s few remaining deterrents.

Canada will be spending 2% of its gross domestic product on defence within the next fiscal year. This is long overdue. Despite pledging to reach the 2% target in 2014, Canada has avoided making the necessary investments to meet its alliance obligations, but there is now reason to hope that Canada will finally meet them.

This Policy Brief considers how local perceptions can enrich understanding of the financial aspects of everyday insecurity in Mozambique and Nigeria.

This conference report covers discussions on the role of the insurance sector in maritime sanctions, strategies for enhancing flag state accountability, and enhancing the targeting of the network of enablers supporting maritime sanctions evasion.

General Marshall planned brilliantly for the US Army’s rapid wartime growth and a ‘Just Peace’ for post-war Europe. Professor Bill Johnsen explains how.

The SDR has re-emphasised the centrality of space to the country and UK Armed Forces. But the UK’s nascent military space programme will be under increased pressure to play its role in the military’s transformation. If the UK wants to use and protect truly sovereign capabilities it will need sustained and probably increased investment to succeed.

Explore recent geopolitical events with Jason Pack and Jane Kinninmont, discussing Trump's contradictions, G7 mediation, and the risks of regime change in Iran.

This Whitehall Report takes bottom-up perceptions of violence as a starting point for analysing northern Nigeria’s threat landscape, exploring how organised crime, terrorism and other forms of insecurity are perceived at the subnational and local level.

This Whitehall Report provides a comprehensive analysis of Mozambique's complex and layered security landscape, emphasising the importance of local perspectives.

Both Iran and Israel have good reason to see the current conflict as existential, with few remaining mediators deemed reliable to effect de-escalation.

Operation Rising Lion has demonstrated the vast conventional superiority that Israel enjoys over Iran, highlighting the importance of intelligence, surprise and effective air and missile defence. But for now, the impact on Iran’s nuclear programme is more uncertain.

'Energy efficiency and electrification remain the most effective means in the short term of reducing exposure to geopolitical risk to oil prices emanating from the Middle East and Russia.'

'GCC states will be particularly concerned about the conflict’s effect on other Arab states in the region'

'Israel has systematically sought to roll back Iran’s regional proxy forces through military operations in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen.'

'Their targeting of Iran's main enrichment facility and a number of senior Iranian scientists suggests an intent to inflict serious damage on the programme.'

'For Tehran, this is not only a tactical loss but a profound strategic humiliation.'

'The scale of these strikes suggests this operation is intended not just to dissuade Iran from pursuing nuclear weapons, but also to cripple any potential military response and even to destabilise the regime.'

Turkey has the opportunity to play an outsized role in the global theatre, but my be undercut by internal challenges.