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Recent events have highlighted the importance of diversifying transport corridors, with railways central in the foreign policy strategy of Russia, China and the West. But it is not without risk.

With the signing of the latest economic deal, India and the UK should either elevate their existing security arrangements or explore avenues to enhance the trajectory of their defence relations.

Beyond the economic boost for the UK, the sale of Type 26 Frigates to Norway is a vote of confidence for the strategic partnership and NATO planning.

Establishing a new force with military status will help protect critical national infrastructure but needs to be more than an afterthought to Reserve force planning.

Following the crowd and maintaining the status quo is comfortable – and the kleptocrats, corrupt and criminals hope that does not change.

Personnel security needs a strategic purpose, much better processes, the right data and a new name if it is to succeed in protecting organisations against insider risk.

A new initiative from RUSI and the National Cyber Force will form a community of interest in the UK for offensive cyber operations, with rigorous and well-informed debate on issues across government, academia and wider society.

The US Intelligence Community is under sustained attack from its own government. Countries like the UK will try to minimise the fallout but will have to consider the US a less reliable intelligence partner for the duration of the crisis.

The UK and NATO must be ready for war. ‘Jam tomorrow’ is not enough.

France’s home front is collapsing just when the country is most needed abroad. If the Parliament votes a motion of no confidence in the prime minister today, what are President Macron’s options and what impact could they have on France’s foreign policy and global role?

The War Department was abolished for a reason. Bringing it back won’t make America stronger.

We live in an age where information is a battlefield and our adversaries are already fighting on it. To defend the UK's 'cognitive resilience', we must replicate the institutional foresight that led to the creation of the NCSC a decade ago.

As expectations continue to swirl for peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, the future of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe hangs in the balance.

Previously portrayed as ‘asleep at the wheel’, the UK has an opportunity to redefine its position in the critical minerals space.

The recent spate of summits between Trump and other world leaders has provided a measure of the US administration that Beijing is happy to take.

The legacy of the UK’s involvement in Afghanistan is one of compounding whole-of-government failure.

Russia’s pugilistic actions in the sub-threshold-of-war grey zone leave Allies uneasy, and require contemplation before a proper response.

Coinciding with wider threats to the international aid system, assessments of UK funding cuts expose the need for a new approach, one adapted to the challenges (and opportunities) of an ever more ‘ODA-less’ era.

Publishing a new cyber strategy before the end of 2025, the UK Government has a lot to consider to move beyond past initiatives.

Iraq’s role in a major Captagon raid in Lebanon underscores its regional security ambitions and its Prime Minister’s bid to balance Washington and Tehran amid looming economic strains.