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The long-delayed release of Nick Timothy’s 2023 review of Home Office effectiveness points to ongoing institutional dysfunctions. The creation of an independent cross-party commission could restore delivery discipline and reduce incentives to use immigration as a political weapon.

Official data show that violent crime has fallen, even as visible low-level offences and social media-fuelled perceptions of disorder continue to shape a growing sense of lawlessness and insecurity.

Five years ago, the Financial Action Task Force issued a call-to-arms for greater focus on the financial dimension of illegal wildlife trade. What results have been achieved?

A UK trial of alleged Chinese spies has collapsed, averting a diplomatic flare-up with China but exposing the UK’s unresolved struggle to balance security with economic interdependence.

The election of Catherine Connolly as Ireland’s President will raise concerns in Europe about a shift in Ireland towards isolationism that stands at odds with the EU’s commitment to rapidly increase collective defence spending and defence cooperation.

Proposals to integrate the External Scrutiny Team into the Military Strategic Headquarters will undermine the only honest safeguard for transformation of the UK’s reserve forces.

Clarity should be the complement to certainty in the UK’s approach to China.

Western countries must wake up to the increase in temperature of Russian provocation.

With the expiration of the New START treaty on 4 February 2026, the major nuclear powers will have to find another transparent, predictable pathway to restraint.

It is irresponsible to conceal the prospect of war from a population you will call on for second and third echelon reinforcements, for whom survival hinges on preparation.

While it may be surprising to hear that wetland ecosystems have become a casualty of war, is it not inevitable when their care is politicised?

In a submarine arms race between China and the US, the PLAN appears to be closing the gap.

China's global dominance in battery production should be a discomfort to strategic planners in the West, where an increased demand for batteries is concordant with increased defence spending.

NATO’s unity may have held in The Hague, but the focus on defence spending overshadowed a deeper issue: societal resilience.

The UK’s Digital Targeting Web promises cross-domain targeting fit for the modern digitalised battlefield – but organisational complexity, procurement and funding challenges and a dearth of outcome metrics threaten to make its delivery targets more aspirational than assured.

Under less than perfect circumstances, a new government is heading to Damascus. But events continue to remind us that Syria's politics go far beyond elections.

Russia's grey-zone warfare against Europe comes at a fraction of the cost of the conflict in Ukraine.

To defend Europe against geopolitical and economic turbulence, the Franco-German duo must be re-energised to act now.

The Wabtec deal is a big vote of confidence in US industry and diplomacy in Kazakhstan. However, any optimism must be tempered with realism.

As European militaries ready themselves for war, creating resilient medical systems remains an afterthought for the UK.