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Can Britain afford not to support Ukraine, risking a security environment with a triumphant Russia?

Across every ring, Russia is applying pressure. Europe is already in conflict; not future, not theoretical, but present and continuous.

The result of Russia's war of aggression is a product of the ambivalence of the West, which by turns supported Ukraine's defence in the conflict and refused to escalate its response to a level consistent with the threat Russia poses. The rules-based order is at stake, and Ukraine stands alone in its defence.

Without fundamental cultural change among academics, research security will become a box-ticking exercise for universities

Acquiescence to a bad deal for Ukraine will expose Europe to future security peril and to near-irrelevancy in global foreign affairs. No US backstop can be trusted.

Moscow’s stirring of the tragic past between Poland and Ukraine is a facet of its information campaign against the West, yet understanding that history – and how it is manipulated – can help those confronting Russia.

Prevent has drifted into a catch-all for unmet safeguarding demand. To protect national security, we need precision in counterterrorism and scale in prevention, via a single, locally led front door that routes violence-related concerns to the right support, with Prevent reserved for genuine terrorism risk.

The value of the UK-Ukrainian drone interceptor is not in the characteristics of the munition, but in the process that brought it into being.

The increased use of sanctions against organised crime necessitates a deeper evidence base on how they can best be targeted – and supported through diplomatic engagement across the range of states involved.

The US-Saudi nuclear deal will have limited implications for the US nuclear sector but could have meaningful political and non-proliferation consequences for the Middle East.

Drug traffickers are constantly innovating to increase profitability and lower operational risk. Their experimentation with uncrewed semi-submersible technology presents a predicament for counternarcotics strategies centred on deterrence.

President Donald Trump’s 28-point peace plan for Ukraine could have been written less by a well-meaning Chamberlain than Vladimir Putin himself. But progress in talks in Geneva and the European re-write offers some hope.

Without adopting Canberra's policies wholesale, the UK's intelligence-policymaker network would benefit from making some of the changes Australia has implemented, particularly the designation of a principal adviser to the Prime Minister on intelligence matters.

Recent history in Afghanistan and Iraq teaches that rebuilding in active conflict zones comes with its share of hazard and futility, but it is a necessity in Gaza and Ukraine despite its uncertainty.

Iraq's elections make ponderous a status quo Washington and Tehran seek to preserve; manoeuvring politicians make work for external powers contesting the fate of Iraq's Iran-backed militia groups.

Russia has reportedly modified its Iskander 9M723 ballistic missiles making them harder to intercept. The causes are unclear, but the impact on Ukraine is not.

Far from making a ‘reckless’ commitment likely to escalate tension, by checking Beijing’s hubristic tendencies, Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi may have done us all a favour.

How mini-lateral export control frameworks among key technology-supplying nations can put a slow puncture into Huawei’s ‘Spare Tyre’ of entities created to counter US sanctions.

At the Xi-Trump meeting, China paused rare-earths curbs for a year and pledged to refine detailed plans, offering a cautious sip of a bitter cup ahead.

In a visit that consolidated bilateral stability between the US and Japan, economic matters held more focus than issues of defence for President Trump.