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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.

The EU’s Black Sea strategy is a vital first step towards protecting the region, and how it is implemented will serve as a key test of the EU’s credibility.

The motorcycle is seeing a revival on the front lines of the war in Ukraine.

Frenetic diplomacy over the past week has set up potential talks between Presidents Zelenskyy and Putin. But so far this is a triumph of diplomatic process rather than concrete progress, and it is far from certain that an end to the fighting is near, with much to clarify on Western ‘security guarantees.’

In Alaska, Putin set out to define the new relationship between the US and Russia, as well as showcasing Russia’s place in the world.

Framing defence spending as a path to prosperity ignores its poor economic returns, limited job creation, and the opportunity costs of not making alternative public investments.

Read reactions from Director of Military Sciences Matthew Savill, Director of the Centre for Finance and Security Tom Keatinge and Director of International Security Neil Melvin on the meeting of President Trump and President Putin in Alaska.

Faced with Beijing’s export controls on rare earth elements, the Trump administration has stepped in, but the risk remains.

Rooted in centuries of history, the border conflict between the two countries is set to flare up again unless underlying causes are addressed.

Fears over leadership decapitation, calls for restraint from the Iraqi government, and discouragement from Iran were behind the militias’ decision not to get involved.

For five years, the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on cybersecurity has negotiated key thematic areas which can undermine international stability. Experts following these negotiations weigh in on the progress, sticking points and future of the themes and goals of the OEWG.

If universities in the West teach courses on sanctions and economic warfare, we shouldn’t be surprised by the emergence of a parallel world teaching the art of circumvention.

Russia’s frostier relations with Armenia and Azerbaijan provide the West with an opportunity to intervene by counterbalancing Russia and fostering a beneficial regional peace.

Despite growing awareness of North Korea’s asymmetric capabilities and its strategic alignment with authoritarian powers like Russia, the EU’s policy remains outdated and fails to reflect the growing threat.

UK cyber strategy is struggling to achieve its resilience objectives – the next iteration of the National Cyber Strategy needs to set out a compelling vision for change.

Typhon would put St Petersburg in reach of a German offensive mid-range capability, a leap for Germany's strategic culture. It should develop a European equivalent.

Acknowledging it as a state will not change realities on the ground, but symbolic recognition matters.

June's attacks by Israel and the US have set back – without completely removing – Iran’s capability to develop a nuclear weapon. But simply rebuilding the programme won’t be enough for a nuclear deterrent.

Latin America’s critical minerals make for a geopolitical flashpoint, with the defence choices of Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Peru increasingly entangled in global power competition.

The UK's energetic courting of Japan is amassing a collection of Next Generation capabilities that could be perceived as rivalling the US security prerogative.